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Citi® Double Cash Card: Balance Transfers Expired

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Citi® is offering the Citi® Double Cash Card, which has an Intro APR Period of 18 months on Balance Transfers. Earn 2% cash back on purchases: 1% when you buy plus 1% as you pay. The annual fee is $0.

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Citi® is offering the Citi® Double Cash Card, which has an Intro APR Period of 18 months on Balance Transfers. Earn 2% cash back on purchases: 1% when you buy plus 1% as you pay.

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Always need to consider the transfer fee for balances transfers, and should be included in this post.

"There is a balance transfer fee of either $5 or 3% of the amount of each transfer, whichever is greater."
EDIT FROM MAY 2021-- THIS POST IS TWO YEARS OLD. THE CARD IT MENTIONS IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE TO BE OPENED.

PLEASE STOP REPLYING TO A TWO YEAR OLD POST WONDERING WHY YOU CAN NOT FIND THIS SPECIFIC CARD/DEAL ANYMORE.

(above added after like the 6th person in a year necroed this discussion to reply to this post- original post from 2019 below)

Chase Slate is only 15 months but 0% balance transfer fee.

The slate itself sucks as a card to actually use for anything other than the BT, but if you're mainly concerned about the BT, and the 3 extra months won't kill you, it saves you 3% of however much you're transferring over this... plus once you're done with the BT you can product change it into a genuinely useful card like a Freedom or something.
After years of being on airline miles cards I switched to this card. I am very happy with it. Airline miles are worth an average of 1.3 cents per dollar spent these days. This card is worth 2 cents per dollar to me as a shopper. It takes VERY little effort to redeem the 2% cash back. I enjoy the value and simplicity of this card. I find the citi web site and mobile app to be stronger than alternative bank sites and apps. I don't have the time or desire to manage multiple cards.

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ChityWok
01-06-2021 at 10:26 AM.
01-06-2021 at 10:26 AM.
any cards where u can just get zero promo on purchaces? for 15-18 months if used in 1st 90 days or anything? i like pp myself goods pay the 3% and get rewards like chase sapphire had
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canyonheights9
01-06-2021 at 04:07 PM.
01-06-2021 at 04:07 PM.
Quote from Modxplus View quoted comment :
Needed a balance transfer option for an outstanding balance on a CC. Any better options out there? Seems like 18 months and 3% is pretty much as good as it gets.

paying off your balance is as good as it gets dude.
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minli
01-06-2021 at 05:59 PM.
01-06-2021 at 05:59 PM.
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Earn 2% on every purchase with unlimited 1% cash back when you buy, plus an additional 1% as you pay for those purchases.
Does this mean the additional 1% is not unlimited ?
So what's the limitation? If I spend 100k a year, will i get 2k cashback ?
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Moladin
01-07-2021 at 09:09 AM.
01-07-2021 at 09:09 AM.
Quote from qckwdaqckness View quoted comment :
This has always confused me on balance transfer offers. "If you transfer a balance, interest will be charged on your purchases until you pay off your entire balance (including balance transfers) by the due date each month."

What exactly do I have to do to avoid paying interest? I'm assuming that parenthetical "including balance transfers" doesn't include the original balance transfer that is supposed to be at 0% for 18 months?
I know this is a late response, but if you take out $ on balance transferred, there will be a minimum amount due each month, you can pay however much per month as long as it is more than the minimum amount due. This holds true until the end of the 18 months promotional period.

So whatever $ that is left after 18 months, there will be an interest charge on that amount. Looks like Citi forces you to do the balance transfer within the 4 months period after opening to benefit from the promotional 0% APR. This appear to only apply for the first transfer.

Oh and if you do a balance transfer, you will be charged 3% of the total amount taken out. 3% is actually good. Sometime Discover will offer 2%.. The rest are usually 4% which is quite high, but the norm. So it's not totally free, unless you only use the card for daily purchase and no balance transfers.
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qckwdaqckness
01-07-2021 at 10:13 AM.
01-07-2021 at 10:13 AM.
Quote from Moladin View quoted comment :
I know this is a late response, but if you take out $ on balance transferred, there will be a minimum amount due each month, you can pay however much per month as long as it is more than the minimum amount due. This holds true until the end of the 18 months promotional period.

So whatever $ that is left after 18 months, there will be an interest charge on that amount. Looks like Citi forces you to do the balance transfer within the 4 months period after opening to benefit from the promotional 0% APR. This appear to only apply for the first transfer.

Oh and if you do a balance transfer, you will be charged 3% of the total amount taken out. 3% is actually good. Sometime Discover will offer 2%.. The rest are usually 4% which is quite high, but the norm. So it's not totally free, unless you only use the card for daily purchase and no balance transfers.

Great answer, thank you very much!
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fiveohfour
01-12-2021 at 12:57 PM.
01-12-2021 at 12:57 PM.
Quote from Bargainfinder View quoted comment :
Chase is far more conservative with their credit lines than Citi. You may get no fee with the Slate, but they might only give you a credit line on $5,000.

Hmmmm I've always heard the opposite and last I checked I believe $5,000 was at or near the minimum line for the slate , no?
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aberrero
01-13-2021 at 12:55 PM.
01-13-2021 at 12:55 PM.
If you get this card, don't use it for anything other than balance transfers. They make it exceptionally difficult to pay off what you owe each month if you have a promotional credit. Basically, your payments get deducted from the promotional credit, and your monthly expenses accrue interest. fark them for that.
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KLondike5-1212
01-13-2021 at 02:44 PM.
01-13-2021 at 02:44 PM.
Fidelity has a 2% rebate card that'll push the money to your brokerage or 529 account monthly. https://www.fidelity.com/cash-man...ature-card
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GeorgeMcFly
01-14-2021 at 07:52 AM.
01-14-2021 at 07:52 AM.
Quote from aberrero View quoted comment :
If you get this card, don't use it for anything other than balance transfers. They make it exceptionally difficult to pay off what you owe each month if you have a promotional credit. Basically, your payments get deducted from the promotional credit, and your monthly expenses accrue interest. fark them for that.
all CC banks/issuers do that. it's normal. that's exactly what they want everyone to do. so you have to do exactly what you stated.. don't use the card for any purchases, etc.

I BT'd about $7k. Then I divide into 17 equal payments so I have 1 extra month just in case. I know some others will do minimum payments and do a slam full payoff right before the promotional 0% period.. but only the totally discipline and capable should be doing this.

I just finished doing this as well with my Chase Slate (with 0% BT fee). Now, I need to call them up to convert to a Freedom Unlimited that others have stated they were able to do successfully.. just haven't done it yet.. lazy. But it has $0 balance right now anyways.
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mitchflorida
01-14-2021 at 07:57 AM.
01-14-2021 at 07:57 AM.
Quote from Modxplus View quoted comment :
Needed a balance transfer option for an outstanding balance on a CC. Any better options out there? Seems like 18 months and 3% is pretty much as good as it gets.
US Bank has zero interest for Purchases and Balance Transfers for 20 months.

https://www.usbank.com/credit-car...-card.html
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Aiden.Pearce
01-14-2021 at 02:13 PM.
01-14-2021 at 02:13 PM.
Quote from cheapassdude View quoted comment :
One thing about this card I didn't realize until a few months later was you will not receive any cash back on any balance paid before you receive the statement. So make sure to always wait until the end of the billing cycle to pay to receive the other 1% for paying.
Quote from bradyohio View quoted comment :
WOW! I had no idea but always wondered. Thank you for posting this... I routinely pay off my balances before statements.

This is false information.

It's not that you wont receive the other 1% if you pay early, it's that you will receive the 1% on the next payment cycle. (there's a timing delay)
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ithrak
01-15-2021 at 12:12 PM.
01-15-2021 at 12:12 PM.
Can i able to transfer money to my checking account using this balance transfer? Or is there any CC available to do so
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bradyohio
01-16-2021 at 03:24 AM.
01-16-2021 at 03:24 AM.
Quote from Aiden.Pearce View quoted comment :
This is false information.

It's not that you wont receive the other 1% if you pay early, it's that you will receive the 1% on the next payment cycle. (there's a timing delay)
Thank you
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JohnD1567
01-16-2021 at 09:42 PM.
01-16-2021 at 09:42 PM.
Quote from minli View quoted comment :
Does this mean the additional 1% is not unlimited ?
So what's the limitation? If I spend 100k a year, will i get 2k cashback ?

I have the card. No limits on both 1%. I've gotten the full 2% on the 60k or so I've spent with this card in 2020. It's just that the 2nd 1% is one statement cycle behind the first because you have to pay the full balance first to get the second 1%.
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sam5104
01-16-2021 at 10:08 PM.
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If I need $15000, is it better to get a loan or use credit card? I have citi double and chase freedom. If I need to borrow $15000 and pay in less than 6 month, what is the best option?
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