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@youngandcreditwrthy wrote:
Low APRs come in handy. Many credit cards today have high rates though :-/
I remember back before the Financial Crisis... You could call and get you rates reduced every six months... My ANF card had a 12% rate and my Chase Platinum had a 9.24%! Lol
It's harder to get low rates that aren't intro imo, so if you can get them, do it!!!! Lol
My lowest now is like 13.99%
:-)
Do same rules apply as asking for CLI? I have about 3% util. on the card I want to ask for lower APR on now. Should I make balance read $0 before I ask?
@Joesh wrote:
@youngandcreditwrthy wrote:
Low APRs come in handy. Many credit cards today have high rates though :-/
I remember back before the Financial Crisis... You could call and get you rates reduced every six months... My ANF card had a 12% rate and my Chase Platinum had a 9.24%! Lol
It's harder to get low rates that aren't intro imo, so if you can get them, do it!!!! Lol
My lowest now is like 13.99%
:-)Do same rules apply as asking for CLI? I have about 3% util. on the card I want to ask for lower APR on now. Should I make balance read $0 before I ask?
There is no rhyme or reason for reduction in APR. But I notice a lender will give you a reduction when your report looks better and your scores increase. Good luck!
@chnceit wrote:
@Joesh wrote:
@youngandcreditwrthy wrote:
Low APRs come in handy. Many credit cards today have high rates though :-/
I remember back before the Financial Crisis... You could call and get you rates reduced every six months... My ANF card had a 12% rate and my Chase Platinum had a 9.24%! Lol
It's harder to get low rates that aren't intro imo, so if you can get them, do it!!!! Lol
My lowest now is like 13.99%
:-)Do same rules apply as asking for CLI? I have about 3% util. on the card I want to ask for lower APR on now. Should I make balance read $0 before I ask?
There is no rhyme or reason for reduction in APR. But I notice a lender will give you a reduction when your report looks better and your scores increase. Good luck!
Just tried, no luck. CSR said if I kept making payments on time etc. he was sure I would be able to get one in the near future, but that he didn't see any options available to me at the moment. I was calling about my Citi Forward card, which i've had the longest (I think almost 2 years), which has the lowest APR of all my cards (11.24%). I figured if I'm going to try to get a lower APR might as well try on the one that is lowest already.
Maybe should have tried a backdoor number
It all depends on the card, the BEST card imo is if you can get it is Navy Federal Platinum card (military connections required) because it's the lowest APR card and comes with convience checks free of cash advance fees etc.
So let's say I get behind on my bills, I can use the convience check to write to myself . (which I did when I bought my house) I cashed out a $15,000 check from my credit card to get the house, but let's say I had $15,000 in credit card debt from rewards cards, I can effectively use that to pay off all my high interest reward cards, and the balance will be moved to Navy Federal under 8% interest rates =)
This would effectively save me from 15.25 - 25% interest. at 15k that's $190 - $312 in interests a month reduced to around $90 - 120 a month.
No matter what cards you have, it's always good to have a solid back up card incase **bleep** hits the fan.