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It's a well known fact that credit card companies make a living by charging interest rates and other various fees to cardholders. If these fees were not in place, these companies would not receive the full financial benefit when consumers use their cards. There are various fees charged. The most common fees that cardholders pay are late fees when they send a payment more than thirty days late and the over-the-limit fee imposed when the cardholder makes purchases that are higher than the credit limit. The easiest way to avoid these fees is by making monthly payments on time and by not charging more than the credit limit. The interest rate is the fee imposed by the credit card company for the convenience of carrying a balance beyond the grace period. The grace period varies, but is included on the monthly statement. When you do not pay the balance in full before the grace period, the balance on the credit card will be subject to the interest rate. Between the interest rate and the fees, cardholders end up paying much more than the original amount purchased using the credit card. Conventional methods can be used to avoid paying these fees. Savvy users think outside the box to avoid paying fees to credit card companies. If you have two plastics that allow free balance transfers, you can continue to shuffle your balance between these two cards without having to pay any interest or late fees. For the shuffle to be successful, the two cards must have grace periods that close on different dates. If the closing dates are on the same day, you will not be able to transfer the balances between them without being subject to an interest charge or late fee or both. Should your credit cards have the same closing dates, you can call the issuer and request to have your due date changed. This will change the closing date. You must be precise with the transferring the balances. Let's say your Card A has a due date on 1st of the month and Card B has a due date on 15th of the month. To avoid paying a finance charge on Card A, you must transfer the entire balance of the credit card to Card B before 1st of the month. Then you must again transfer the balance from Card B to Card A before the 15th of the month. Being meticulous about making the transfers between credit cards on the correct dates is a must to avoid paying interest rates and fees.
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