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I used chargesmart to pay for the mortgage this month with my Discover It card. Is it better to pay it off right away since I have the actual money or should I wait to get my statement to pay it off so it could help my credit? Or can I give half right now and half when it's due?
I also have a Bank Americard cash rewards card that I use for gas since I get 3% cash back, but now that I've gotten a hold of an Amex PRG, I'm not sure which is the better deal since Amex gives double points on gas a groceries.
@IOGARCIA wrote:I used chargesmart to pay for the mortgage this month with my Discover It card. Is it better to pay it off right away since I have the actual money or should I wait to get my statement to pay it off so it could help my credit? Or can I give half right now and half when it's due?
I also have a Bank Americard cash rewards card that I use for gas since I get 3% cash back, but now that I've gotten a hold of an Amex PRG, I'm not sure which is the better deal since Amex gives double points on gas a groceries.
If you let it report on your statement, it will be reported as having a balance, that will hurt your score for the month until it's paid off.
Doesn't chargesmart tack on 2.5% or somethign like that? I hope you weren't doing it for reward points...
how's your experience with charge smart?
i am tempted to do it for my auto loan.
charge smart charges 10-45 dollars per transaction, depending on which lender you're trying to pay.
@IOGARCIA wrote:I used chargesmart to pay for the mortgage this month with my Discover It card. Is it better to pay it off right away since I have the actual money or should I wait to get my statement to pay it off so it could help my credit? Or can I give half right now and half when it's due?
I also have a Bank Americard cash rewards card that I use for gas since I get 3% cash back, but now that I've gotten a hold of an Amex PRG, I'm not sure which is the better deal since Amex gives double points on gas a groceries.
pay it off ASAP,so it shows 0% balance on your statement which will report positive on your report,as far as BOA cash rewards vs PRG,you have to think about it in the sense of long term....
with prg you can pay alot of things with points depending on how many points you have,obviously the more you have the bigger and better things you can pay with your points....FOR EXAMPLE A "FREE" TRIP TO EUROPE.
does your BOA cc give you such rewards?
@enharu wrote:how's your experience with charge smart?
i am tempted to do it for my auto loan.
charge smart charges 10-45 dollars per transaction, depending on which lender you're trying to pay.
Why would you be tempted? I'm not seeing the benefit of it unless you ran into a tight spot and can't make the payment for the month. Then I can see it to give you a month to recover and avoid a 30 day late.
I used chargesmart to effectively avoid a tight spot for my parents. I know for auto loans from Toyota Financial it's either from $5-$10 fee.
And that's a good point on the PRG vs BoA. As for the statement showing 0 balance, I thought it was better for there to be a balance and then have it PIF by the due date? Correct me if I'm wrong...
Yes, Chargesmart isn't manufactured spending (VR/AP/GC with pin etc) I used Chargesmart just to meet the minimum spend quickly on my Citi Premier, and might do it on my CSP.
It's expensive, (for mortgage) around 2.5%, but, with those cards, you get 1% back as rewards (which if you are a UR lover you can probably say that's worth lots and lots!)
I used Chargesmart just to meet the minimum spend quickly on my Citi Premier,
so yes, I used them! I submitted the payment early Friday, it appeared in my Mortgage account this morning, and was charged to my credit card today.
So I was fairly impressed. Their FAQ says something like allow 5 business days, but often it is there in 2.
But for mortgages, not cost effective for rewards in general, but good for meeting initial bonus limits, and I guess if you were close to a reward level that you wanted to redeem quickly.