topic Re: Barclays - 0% BT offers for current card holders? in Credit Cards

Barclays - 0% BT offers for current card holders?

masscredit — Sun, 03 Jun 2018 14:36:04 GMT

I've been looking at my account but the only thing I see for a BT offer is at my current rate of 13.49% with a 3% fee. Are they known to do 0% offers for curent cardholders if they call to ask for it? This is for my Barclays Reward card. I can contact them to get a 0% financing offer for my Apple Rewards card.

Re: Barclays - 0% BT offers for current card holders?

SouthJamaica — Sun, 03 Jun 2018 15:03:33 GMT

@masscredit wrote:
I've been looking at my account but the only thing I see for a BT offer is at my current rate of 13.49% with a 3% fee. Are they known to do 0% offers for curent cardholders if they call to ask for it? This is for my Barclays Reward card. I can contact them to get a 0% financing offer for my Apple Rewards card.

1. Yes they have better offers, but...

2. DON'T accept ANY of their balance transfer offers. I used to ignore their balance transfer offers; once I accepted a few they closed all 3 of my Barclays accounts.

They are a crazy, low class, out of control, bank.

Re: Barclays - 0% BT offers for current card holders?

masscredit — Sun, 03 Jun 2018 15:08:14 GMT

@SouthJamaica wrote:
@masscredit wrote:
I've been looking at my account but the only thing I see for a BT offer is at my current rate of 13.49% with a 3% fee. Are they known to do 0% offers for curent cardholders if they call to ask for it? This is for my Barclays Reward card. I can contact them to get a 0% financing offer for my Apple Rewards card.
1. Yes they have better offers, but...

2. DON'T accept ANY of their balance transfer offers. I used to ignore their balance transfer offers; once I accepted a few they closed all 3 of my Barclays accounts.

They are a crazy, low class, out of control, bank.

Did they give you a reason why they closed the accounts?

Re: Barclays - 0% BT offers for current card holders?

Anonymous — Sun, 03 Jun 2018 15:25:55 GMT

Discover sends me snail mail every single day with 0 percent for 18 months and 0 percent transfer fee. Maybe try them instead.

Re: Barclays - 0% BT offers for current card holders?

SouthJamaica — Sun, 03 Jun 2018 17:18:14 GMT

@masscredit wrote:
@SouthJamaica wrote:
@masscredit wrote:
I've been looking at my account but the only thing I see for a BT offer is at my current rate of 13.49% with a 3% fee. Are they known to do 0% offers for curent cardholders if they call to ask for it? This is for my Barclays Reward card. I can contact them to get a 0% financing offer for my Apple Rewards card.
1. Yes they have better offers, but...

2. DON'T accept ANY of their balance transfer offers. I used to ignore their balance transfer offers; once I accepted a few they closed all 3 of my Barclays accounts.

They are a crazy, low class, out of control, bank.
Did they give you a reason why they closed the accounts?

No. They said something like 'account management'.

How did I manage my accounts? I used them all, paid in full every month, usually paid in full even before the statement cut. Never late.

They are well known for closing accounts for doing balance transfers.

Re: Barclays - 0% BT offers for current card holders?

pipeguy — Sun, 03 Jun 2018 22:21:01 GMT

In my experience, Barclays does periodically offer 0% 12-15 month BT offers usually with a 3% upfront fee. I used one last year (May 2017) on my Balance Forward MC for $7k - 12 months - 0%. Paid in Full (March '18). I should note that if I do a BT to a card, I do NOT use that card for regular spending until the BT is paid in full.

No issues, no problems, no AA

Re: Barclays - 0% BT offers for current card holders?

Anonymous — Sun, 03 Jun 2018 18:38:01 GMT

With all the stories about Barclays I've steered clear form apping with them. But They do seem to offer decent Credit products that appeal to me. Namely the Ring card, which is essentially set up as a BT card. With the low APR and no BT fees.

Then there's the Uber Visa, which has several enticing reward categories.

I've been getting mail offers from them for PL's, and most recently the Black Card. Had to really strain to read the fine print to know who this offer was from, wasn't afamiliar with it. No interest though, since it has a $500 AF.

Re: Barclays - 0% BT offers for current card holders?

wasCB14 — Sun, 03 Jun 2018 19:56:33 GMT

Offers (or a lack thereof) can vary wildly between two Barclays accounts for no clear reason. When I had both a Sallie Mae and an Arrival, I might concurrently see:

Arrival: 0% for 18 months, 2% BT fee

Sallie Mae: No 0% period, ~18% APR, 3% fee

Re: Barclays - 0% BT offers for current card holders?

wwalter2718 — Tue, 05 Jun 2018 00:43:34 GMT

I had constant 1%-fee, 14-15-month BT offers on my SallieMae/Commence/Rewards (all the same card 8-)) for 3-4 years or more and took advantage of them perhaps a dozen times, at points reaching as much as 88% of the CL and 6 or 7 separate promo expiration dates. Then suddenly there was nothing except a current-rate (for me, an ugly 22.something%) with a substantial fee (3%??). That went on for a few months, and now I have the 1% offers back, but the interest-free period is now only 8-9 months. Still a good deal, but I'm finished with my BT-shuffling for good (I hope!), so I've just been paying down for several months.

While the card was SallieMae, I used it routinely for groceries and gas (5% cash back, for those who don't remember dear Sallie) while also having active BT balances. Unlike most other cards, you could avoid interest on purchases as long as you paid at least the minimum due, and that covered all new purchases. They always applied any extra payments to the first-expiring BT balance, so at least a couple of times, I paid off large amounts, then transferred them back on for 15 more months. Also, it's nice that the minimum pmt is only 1% of the total balance, in case of emergency.

All-in-all, Barclay has been very good to me. I'd pay them back a bit with some routine usage if only their rewards structure hadn't collapsed into dust. So, the plan is to pay off, pay it *all* off, but then to keep the card in the drawer just in case.

Re: Barclays - 0% BT offers for current card holders?

Anonymous — Thu, 07 Jun 2018 02:59:30 GMT

I could ditto almost exactly what wwalter has said. Near constant offers on A+ for me and SM/C/R for DH. A few times took almost all CL. I issues. And they tell you exactly what you have to pay if you do use the card with a BT on it. Really simple.

That being said reading here for years it’s definitely a YMMV thing.