Not exact matches
As long as you have good credit,
pay your credit card
bill on time, and have been a
cardholder with a particular bank or company over an extended period, you should be able to request a reduction in your interest rate.
It is useful for diligent
cardholders, especially if they
pay their card
bills on time and in full each month.
In order to qualify,
cardholders will need to exhibit good financial behavior —
paying their
bills on time, etc..
You
pay your
bill on time, you don't max out your card and, all in all, you're the kind of
cardholder a credit card company should want to keep.
If the
cardholder is responsible with the card,
paying the
bill on time each month and keeping the balance well below the limit, your overall credit picture could improve.
Plus, if
cardholders make a purchase, stay under their credit line and
pay on time for three
billing periods in a row, Citi says it will reduce the annual interest rate
on the card as well as award 100 points each
billing period.
Credit scores
on the rise Despite charging more,
on average, to their cards, most
cardholders are still managing to
pay their
bills on time.
Being an authorized user only harms your credit card approval chances when you want to apply for certain Chase credit cards or the primary
cardholder doesn't
pay the
bill on -
time.
They may prefer to do that than lose a
cardholder of two decades who
pays her
bills on time, as your credit score indicates.
American Express states in its Membership Rewards terms and conditions that a
cardholder who fails to
pay the amount due
on a
bill by the closing date of the next
billing period forfeits all the rewards earned during the
time covered by the unpaid statement.
Cardholders are incentivized to keep their credit hygiene
on point and they earn 1.25 % cash back for that month when
paying bills on time, versus 1 % for purchases, the same amount as Discover's student card.
For example, Discover Motiva
cardholders who don't always
pay off their balance each month, but who do
pay their
bill on time for six months in a row, Discover will
pay the next month's interest.