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I have a 20 year old daughter that I want to learn about credit from me in a way I never did from my dad.
She will also spend a month in Germany this summer and I want her to have a card for minor emergencies.
So, looking for a quality student card that will offer her a low limit, but will grow with her as she finished school (nursing) that she will keep until she is old.
She works part-time and has no CS.
Ready, go!
I would try for the usuals first, citi forward, discover it (for students), the cap1 journey (No foreign transaction fee) card (I would app in that order if she plans to app for all of them and/or doesn't get approved for one and tries another).
If she has no luck there, her best bet would be to either get a secured card, or maybe have you co-sign something. You could also try adding her as an AU to one of your cards, and then not give it to her. You might actually want to try doing this first and waiting for it to report to help increase her chances of approval. (AU doesn't always help, but its worth a try in my opinion). When you add her as an AU and it reports, she will inherit the entire history of your account (IE, if your account is 15 years old, she will then have a 15 year history).
Best of luck!
Citi Forward for College Students seems to be a very popular card.
https://creditcards.citi.com/credit-cards/citi-forward-for-college-students/
I agree with jsucool76.
Does your daughter already have a bank account? Does the bank offer a student credit card? That may be the best shot.
@sengpatt wrote:
For your daughter's travel abroad, the Bank of America Travel Rewards for Students might be a good choice,
this card proved very dificult for me to get when I tried in the beginning, flat out denial. I just got approved recently (my TU08 was 693 but I don't remember what they pulled) and they only gave me a $700 limit.
@jsucool76 wrote:
@sengpatt wrote:
For your daughter's travel abroad, the Bank of America Travel Rewards for Students might be a good choice,this card proved very dificult for me to get when I tried in the beginning, flat out denial. I just got approved recently (my TU08 was 693 but I don't remember what they pulled) and they only gave me a $700 limit.
Yikes, maybe not a good choice for a first card then.
@DrJim wrote:I have a 20 year old daughter that I want to learn about credit from me in a way I never did from my dad.
She will also spend a month in Germany this summer and I want her to have a card for minor emergencies.
So, looking for a quality student card that will offer her a low limit, but will grow with her as she finished school (nursing) that she will keep until she is old.
She works part-time and has no CS.
Ready, go!
I personally wouldn't recommend FOR HER to apply right now. Even if it is a student card. The reason is because of her very limited credit history(if any), even if she gets approved for a credit card, it will be of a modest limit, which might be a hurdle for her(since the card is for an emergency and a 300/500/1000 limit emergency card is practically useless.
Also that card limit will not grow as fast as you would want to. For example in one year of usage the credit limit of the college credit card will maximally reach 1-2 times its orginal value.
I would suggest adding her as an AU to one of your cards. Let her inherit the history. Or you can do both. You can get to apply for a secured/unsecured credit card for a small amount and also add her as an AU to one of your cards with a higher limit, so that if an emergency arises, she will not be handicapped with an unsufficent credit limit.
In that way, when she comes back and applies again after one year, her history and credit usage will be more than sufficient to obtain a better credit card.
Like what Snacktrader said, it's best to check out a card that has no foreign fees.
You could also make her an AU on the cards you have presently.
Also to take note, certain payment networks are not as common in certain countries, so it's best she brings at least 2 cards issued by 2 different networks.