Posted by Peter Brady on Wed 20th September 2006 at 07:00 AM, Filed in Cool Card Designs,  Cool Credit Cards,  Credit Card Of The Week,  UK Credit Cards

Looking for a reward credit card with a difference. Check out the Conran.

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Posted by Peter Brady on Thu 31st August 2006 at 07:00 AM, Filed in Charity Credit Cards,  Cool Credit Cards,  Credit Card Of The Week,  Credit Cards For Travel,  UK Credit Cards

It’s always nice to see a credit card linking your personal expenditure with charitable donations. Nationwide’s Comic Relief Card does this very well.

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Posted by Peter Brady on Thu 31st August 2006 at 07:00 AM, Filed in Cool Credit Cards,  Credit Card Of The Week,  Credit Cards For Travel,  Credit Tips,  UK Credit Cards

If you’re going on holiday you really don’t want to get stung for currency conversion fees when using your credit card aborad. Most cards charge up to 3%, so on a £100 purchase you’ll actually be paying £103 when you get home. The Nationwide offers an excellent credit card which offers 0% commission free use outside the UK.

In addition the Nationwide card also offers the following:

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Posted by Peter Brady on Fri 11th August 2006 at 10:47 AM, Filed in Credit Card Of The Week

Believe it or not Amazon are dipping their toes into personal credit. Surprisingly the offer isn’t bad either. Here’s what you get:

• 0% for 9 months on balance transfers (up to 3% balance transfer fee)
• 0% for 6 months on purchases
• Typical 15.9% APR (variable)
• £15 Amazon Gift Certificate when you make your first purchase.

With the loyalty programme, use your Amazon.co.uk MasterCard and earn:

• 1 point for every £1 spent at any Amazon website.
• 0.5 points for every £1 spent elsewhere.
• When you have earned 1500 points, you will receive a £15 Amazon gift certificate to spend at Amazon.co.uk.

Credit Card Cool award a *** ranking out of a potential ***** star ranking for the Amazon Credit Card.

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Posted by Peter Brady on Tue 8th August 2006 at 07:24 PM, Filed in Cool Card Designs,  Cool Credit Cards,  Credit Card Of The Week

We like to take a vain look at the aesthetics of certain credit cards as well as the functionality they offer. As far as the Virgin Credit Card goes we like it’s look and it has some reasonable components to it’s offer.

These include:

• 0% p.a. for 12 months on balance transfers


• (2% handling fee applies)


• 0% p.a. for 3 months on card purchases


• 15.9% APR typical rate (variable)
• You’ll also get 56 interest free days on your card purchases, as long as you pay your statement balance in full and on time every month.

The Virgin Credit Card comes with some decent discount deals too.

• You can get 10% off all your DVDs, CDs and games from Virgin Megastore online when you use your card.
• Plus, when you use your Virgin Credit Card to buy a new Virgin Mobile, you can save 20% - so you can spend more time chatting to your mates.

The cards themselves come in a variety of snazzy colours and designs that look pretty credit card cool.

Credit Card Cool award a *** ranking out of a potential ***** star ranking for the Virgin Credit Card.

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