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What order would you pay these debts in?
Any help or advice would be appreciated.
I have three credit cards.
HSBC - £1,874.60 (£6,000 credit limit)
21.9%
Halifax - £2,790.38 (£3,400 credit limit)
0% until 05/07/2022
Then 26.66%
Barclaycard - £5,989.18 (£7,400 credit limit)
£3,881.07 - 0% until 01/07/22 then 18.68%
£366.33 - 0% until 01/08/22 then 18.68%
£1,752.78 - 0.5566%
£1,800 of the Barclaycard is stuff I bought on my mums behalf, and she pays £300 off of that a month - which covers the minimum payment and then some for the next six months.
Then, taking into account minimum payments for the other two, I can afford an additional £450.
I currently only have 0% balance transfer offers on Barclaycard (for £670) and Halifax (£371).
I have a £450 payment to make for May and I’m not sure which credit card to focus on.
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It's much of a muchness really. Since the HSBC is accruing interest right now I'd probably focus on getting that put to bed, then move to the Halifax.1
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