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What's your emergency card?

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tehpud
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What's your emergency card?

title says it.  What card do you keep for emergencies?


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user5387
Valued Contributor

Re: What's your emergency card?

PSECU -- good for purchases (9.9), BTs (2.9), and cash advances (9.9).

 

Also generous CLs.

 

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maiden_girl
Valued Contributor

Re: What's your emergency card?

any card with the most available credit...LOL.

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FocusedAndDetermined
Senior Contributor

Re: What's your emergency card?


@maiden_girl wrote:

any card with the most available credit...LOL.


Minor emergency Barclay Reward MC, major emergency Discover IT.  Fortunately, there haven't been any I haven't been able to handle with cash/debit.

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maiden_girl
Valued Contributor

Re: What's your emergency card?

I've just had a couple of car problems and my Chase Freedom has taken care of it Smiley Wink

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mgs2010
Regular Contributor

Re: What's your emergency card?

Capital One - The only way i'd be using those ridiculous rate cards would be in a dire emergency. Life or death situation and ALL of my other cards better be maxed the heck out before I ever dust those 2 cards off. hate crap 1

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MoreRewards
Established Contributor

Re: What's your emergency card?

I've never really thought of it.

I guess it'd depend on the emergency. But ideally the 1 with 0% APR or low APR & the credit limit to cover the cost.
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09Lexie
Moderator Emerita

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2FixMyCredit
Established Contributor

Re: What's your emergency card?

Nothing fancy for me, just my BOA platinum card that has 0% interested until 7/2014.

Total CL: $40k+
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RushXTC
Established Contributor

Re: What's your emergency card?


@maiden_girl wrote:

any card with the most available credit...LOL.


 

^This.

 

I don't actually have a card with a big enough CL to rely on it.

 

I have to use multiple cards when there's an emergencie, Which kills everything for me.

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