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PLOC Limits and Purpose

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distal_cluster
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PLOC Limits and Purpose

How are you using your personal line of credit, and what sort of limit have you achieved? I have a $500 line from my local CU, first opened over 10 years ago. The variable rate currently sits at 14.25% My income has increased since then, and I'm wondering if it's worthwhile to apply for an increase. It seems like it's marketed primarily as a reserve line for overdraft protection. Is a $10k limit appropriate? Have you financed a purchase for a short time using a PLOC?

 
  
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EAJuggalo
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Re: PLOC Limits and Purpose

I have $2,000 in a CLOC with NFCU.  I have never used it, but have it for any short term liquidity issue, I keep my savings in a different CU.  Or if I have to write a big check for something.  

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Citylights18
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Re: PLOC Limits and Purpose

I have the grandfathered 15k CLOC and I have used it to speed up CC payoffs. 

 

The way I did it if I can recall correctly is I placed all of my bills onto a card which had a 1,000 minimum monthly payment (50k balance?). That freed up cash flow. Then I would use my CLOC to make a 15k payment against the balance all at once and pay off the CLOC over a period of a few months. It allowed me to skip a CC payment, plus chopped down my monthly CC that way.

 

Just like people use refi's as a way to skip mortgage payments I was doing the same with extra large CC payments.

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creditfan
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Re: PLOC Limits and Purpose


@Citylights18 wrote:

I have the grandfathered 15k CLOC and I have used it to speed up CC payoffs. 

 

The way I did it if I can recall correctly is I placed all of my bills onto a card which had a 1,000 minimum monthly payment (50k balance?). That freed up cash flow. Then I would use my CLOC to make a 15k payment against the balance all at once and pay off the CLOC over a period of a few months. It allowed me to skip a CC payment, plus chopped down my monthly CC that way.

 

Just like people use refi's as a way to skip mortgage payments I was doing the same with extra large CC payments.


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@OP

I have mine 25k at 5% from BCU. For banking OD purpose 

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