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Saga Axes Credit Card
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I had a letter from Saga about this yesterday :
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If you rely on a Saga Credit Card for cheap overseas spending, then you need to start looking for an alternative.
I'm lucky as I have already got a couple of other 'cheap' overseas cards, but many people will be forced back onto horribly expensive cards from the main banks (with loadings of up to 6% or more on foreign usage).
It's also going to hurt people who are running a balance on the Saga card that they can't quickly pay off (or transfer) - details in the MSE article.
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If you rely on a Saga Credit Card for cheap overseas spending, then you need to start looking for an alternative.
I'm lucky as I have already got a couple of other 'cheap' overseas cards, but many people will be forced back onto horribly expensive cards from the main banks (with loadings of up to 6% or more on foreign usage).
It's also going to hurt people who are running a balance on the Saga card that they can't quickly pay off (or transfer) - details in the MSE article.
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I hadn't seen that, but as it happened I used to have a Virgin credit card that was replaced last year by an MBNA card: the Visa one also offers no-loading foreign purchases. It's only available to people like me who used to hold airline cards, but if you did, it's worth it
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Post Office also offer one.
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They even have one with 0% balance transfers and 0% on purchases for 28 months.
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They even have one with 0% balance transfers and 0% on purchases for 28 months.
I had an old Barclaycard which I barely used (kept as a spare really) - but they've agreed to swap it for one of these - the current 'best buy' for cash and purchases abroad :
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Gness has just got one too (as a new customer) - five minutes to do the online application.
NB - all the publicity says 'not for existing customers' - but if you push a bit they seem to waive that rule.
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Gness has just got one too (as a new customer) - five minutes to do the online application.
NB - all the publicity says 'not for existing customers' - but if you push a bit they seem to waive that rule.
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