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My score isn't the greatest and I've made mistakes; working hard on bouncing back. I have a Discover card that is maxed out and would really love to get a 0 balance transfer card so I can pay it off. Any suggestions? EQU 649; TRA 632; EXP 623. thank you!
Chase Slate is highly recommended because of the 0% transfer fee and 0% APR for 15 months. Others I've used are Citi Diamond Preferred for 0% for 21 months and BoA BankAmericard for, iirc, 18months- both have a 3% transfer fee.
I'm just under 2k on it (limit is 2k); and the others are high utilization also, but they're smaller cards (2). Yes, a couple of old negatives.
Incomplete list of credit unions that have cards with 0% B/T fees, in no particular order. Some have 0% APR promos, most don't, but I guess if you're not in a position to pay off all your balances every month, you might as well use CU cards since their interest rates are much much lower than banks.
There's also a funky card from Heartland CU (https://hcu.coop) that has no grace period for purchases and charges something like 4% for balance transfer fees, but the APR's at 5.9% -- perfect if you have to carry a balance month to month. Minimum monthly payment for this credit union's cards are 4%, not the usual 1-2%.
Some places like DCU will also let you refinance your exisiting auto loan, and if there is leftover market value of the car on top of what's left of your old loan, they'll give you that difference as cash. You can repay your card balances with that, get the credit score benefits of having a 0% utilization, and be left with lower interest car payments until everything's paid off. This route may be easier if your score/history prevents you from getting approved for new cards.
Disclaimer: this info is from research. I don't have loans or cards from any of them.