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Quick Query

marco_79
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Hi,
I have looked at stoozing in the past but never actually acted on it.
This morning i got a call from MBNA with whom i have had a credit card for nearly 10 years. It has no balance on it and a £15300 credit limit.
The guy offered to pay 95% of my limit into my current account - £14535
The deal 9 months at 0% and a one off fee of £50.
Looked at martins article and i could transfer all this into his top instant access savings account at 6.41%, this would make me almost £500 in 9 months.
My question
Can i set up the direct debit from the savings account to cover the minimum repayments, if not what's the best way of doing it?
Thanks
marco
I have looked at stoozing in the past but never actually acted on it.
This morning i got a call from MBNA with whom i have had a credit card for nearly 10 years. It has no balance on it and a £15300 credit limit.
The guy offered to pay 95% of my limit into my current account - £14535
The deal 9 months at 0% and a one off fee of £50.
Looked at martins article and i could transfer all this into his top instant access savings account at 6.41%, this would make me almost £500 in 9 months.
My question
Can i set up the direct debit from the savings account to cover the minimum repayments, if not what's the best way of doing it?
Thanks
marco
Smile and be happy, things can usually get worse!
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The ICICI savings account doesn't support DD's.
Your first min payment will be £55, with subsequent min payments being around £5-25 depending on your own T&C's. Hopefully you can meet these from income (with a DD set up on your current account), rather than raiding to the stooz pot each month?
Remember, MBNA special offers end on your STATEMENT date...not your payment due, or any other date.
MBNA are great aren't they.0 -
Hi yorkshire boy
How do you get the repayments to be so low, i was thinking they would be about £250-£300. That i couldn't afford from my normal income.Smile and be happy, things can usually get worse!0 -
How do you get the repayments to be so low
3% of the balance
or
fees + interest + PPI + £5
...and they use the "lesser" of these.
£50 BT fee + £5 = £55
Subsequently £5 (because the fee has been and gone!).0 -
Right yorkshire boy let me get this straight.
3% of balance is £436.05
or
fees = £0 interest = £0 ppi = £0 + £5
Therefore the £5 is the lower amount so that is what i pay, that right?Smile and be happy, things can usually get worse!0 -
1st statement will show a £14,585 balance (£14,535 + £50)
Min pay is either 3% of this (£437.55) or BT fee + £5 (£55)...so you pay £55
Second statement will show a £14,530 balance (£14,585 - £55)
Min pay is either 3% of this (£435.90) or £5*...therefore you pay £5
Clear?
* Check your own T&C's as yours may be £5/10/25 etc.0
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