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Has anyone had any luck with negotiating or waiving balance transfer fees? I'm thinking of transferring over about 4k to BoA for 12 months, but the fee is 4% . My current APR on my card is 9.99%, so it's not too bad, but I figure I'd save over $100, and I can transfer the balance out to a fee free card at the end of the year. Any advice?
@hyprble wrote:Has anyone had any luck with negotiating or waiving balance transfer fees? I'm thinking of transferring over about 4k to BoA for 12 months, but the fee is 4% . My current APR on my card is 9.99%, so it's not too bad, but I figure I'd save over $100, and I can transfer the balance out to a fee free card at the end of the year. Any advice?
i went with penfed cu,,, 5% apr,, zero fees for bt
You are transferring to a BofA card @9.9%, is that correct ? What interest rate are you currently paying on this 4K balance ?
It never hurts to ask them to waive or lower it ~ but you might end up saving money in just a few months if you are paying over 20% currently.
Right now my balance is on a 9.9% fixed card. I'd like to transfer it to a BoA at 0% for 12 months (then it reverts to 13%, but I'm hoping to transfer it out to my Credit Union with 0% balance transfer fee by that time). I'd love to send it all to my credit union, but that card is almost maxed at a low rate. I wish I could qualify for PenFed, but despite a decent credit score, my debt to credit is just too high and I don't want to risk taking a hard pull (fluctuating between 27 and 30%)
Ok got it ~ thanks for clarifying. Honestly 9.9% is pretty darn good for a CC interst rate, if you can get 0% that is fantastic, I would go for it. You're probably paying around $35/month in monthly interest now, so it would take you around 5 months to make up for the ~$160 balance Xfer fee.