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Balance Transfer

is it worth transferring  £1200 to 0.00 for 27 months 2.99 fee from a/c with lifetime rate of 0.4775% per month? I will be Ble to pay this off over 27 months. THANK you 

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  • reliquit
    reliquit Posts: 69 Forumite
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    is it worth transferring  £1200 to 0.00 for 27 months 2.99 fee from a/c with lifetime rate of 0.4775% per month? I will be Ble to pay this off over 27 months. THANK you 
    0.4775% per month is approximately 5.9% APR. Beer-mat calculation means you would pay a total of about £75 interest on £1200 over 27 months (I think - but it's a long time since I was in school). £2.99 instead of £75.....hmmmm....
    Or I am over-simplifying this?
  • Thanks so i would save a little bit by doing it. 
  • SuperAllyB
    SuperAllyB Posts: 884 Forumite
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    reliquit said:
    is it worth transferring  £1200 to 0.00 for 27 months 2.99 fee from a/c with lifetime rate of 0.4775% per month? I will be Ble to pay this off over 27 months. THANK you 
    0.4775% per month is approximately 5.9% APR. Beer-mat calculation means you would pay a total of about £75 interest on £1200 over 27 months (I think - but it's a long time since I was in school). £2.99 instead of £75.....hmmmm....
    Or I am over-simplifying this?
    I'm pretty sure the fee will be 2.99% rather than £2.99 so just shy of £36 but still a reasonable saving.
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