topic Re: Cap One BT advice in Credit Cards

Cap One BT advice

JimBo99 — Sat, 03 Jun 2017 01:26:40 GMT

Good evening brain trust. I've got a question for y'all.

I recently got a Cap One Platinum with a SL of $3000. I can do a BT with 0% interest for one year and NO BT fee.

Question is which card would be the better benefit? I have no plans to seek out any more credit at this time, until next summer.

USAA 3000/3500 12.5%

NFCU Cash Rewards 3600/9300 15.65%

I can pay off the USAA, then chip away at NFCU , then focus on CapOne before the year is up.

OR BT $3000 off the NFCU b/c the interest is higher? Then I'd have two cards w high util...

My overall utility is 15%, most my other cards report at or near 0%

Do you always defalt to pay the higher interest rate card with the BT?

Re: Cap One BT advice

NRB525 — Sat, 03 Jun 2017 17:46:14 GMT

I would move nearly all the $3k off the USAA card to the Capital One card. You want to pay the $3k down a bit so it is not completely filling up the Capital One card.

Get the USAA card balance to zero, so that it is no longer carrying any balance. Pay In Full (PIF) after every statement on the USAA going forward. That avoids interest on new purchases.

Use only the USAA card for any new spend, and PIF every monht. Keep the CapOne and NFCU card in the SD with no new charges until they are paid down completely.

Scores won't improve much, but you will save oodles of cash on interest costs, and it will help to get ahead of these balances, get them paid down.

Re: Cap One BT advice

Shooting-For-800 — Sun, 04 Jun 2017 18:23:40 GMT

Always pay 2 or 3 times your min payments then highest interest rate first unless over limit. The rest will work itself out.