Barclaycard cuts balance transfer fee on top Platinum cards

Barclaycard cuts fees for limited time.

Barclaycard has cut the transfer fees on its 33-month and 32-month 0% Platinum balance transfer credit cards for a limited period.

The Platinum 33 Month Balance Transfer Visa card fee has been reduced from 2.99% to 2.79%, while the 32-Month Platinum now carries a fee of 2.69%, down from 2.89%. You actually pay a transfer fee of 3.5% at the outset, but you get a portion refunded later on.

Everything else is still the same, including 0% interest on purchases for the first six months.

How it compares

Barclays is ever-determined to keep its place at the top of the 0% balance transfer credit cards best buy tables. Here’s how it shapes up compared to the other longest 0% deals out there.

Credit Card	0% period on balance transfers	Balance transfer fee	Cost of transferring £2,000 balance	Representative APR
Barclaycard Platinum 33-Month Balance Transfer Credit Card	33 months	2.79%	£55.80	18.9%
Barclaycard 32-Month Platinum Visa	32 months	2.69%	£53.80	18.9%
Tesco Clubcard Balance Transfer Credit Card	32 months	2.9%	£58	18.9%
Halifax 32-month Balance Transfer Credit Card	32 months	3%	£60	18.9%
Bank of Scotland Platinum 32-Month Balance Transfer Credit Card	32 months	3.5%	£70	18.9%
Lloyds Bank Platinum 32-Month Balance Transfer Credit Card	32 months	3.5%	£70	18.94%
MBNA 31-Month Platinum Credit Card	31 months	2.88%	£57.60	18.9%
Sainbury’s Nectar Balance Transfer Credit Card	31 months	2.89%	£57.80	18.9%
Halifax 30 Month Balance Transfer Card	30 months	2.5%	£50	18.9%

So only the Halifax 30-month card comes with a lower transfer fee, and you'll have to sacrifice at least two months of 0% interest to take advantage.

However, if you have a smaller debt that won't take quite so long to clear, you could save by going for one of the credit cards that focus on offering the smallest possible transfer fee, albeit with much smaller 0% periods. For example both the Sainsbury's Nectar Low-Fee Card and the Fluid Low Fee Card offer a year of 0% interest, but you only have to pay a transfer fee of just 0.5%. And Barclaycard has a card that offers six months of 0% interest, with no fee to pay at all, though you only have until the 7th August to take advantage.

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