It was one of the tools that allowed me to maintain healthy credit card usage habits. In my idle time when messing around on my phone I’d gotten into the habit of just transferring money from my checking account to my credit card, often in excess of my actual balance, so as to cover “pending” purchases.
Not only will my bank no longer let me do that, just to twist the knife a bit, they will let me make multiple payments totaling the pending total due so long as no individual payment exceeds my actual balance.
So it’s not that they can no longer handle negative balances on the card, it’s just that they’ve half-ass made the interface disallow it.
The way I use my credit card is that I purchase everything in a month on it and then when all of my bills come in at the end of the month, I pay it off. However, my credit card payment isn’t actually due until the 15th or something.
If I waited, I would 100% end up missing a payment because it’s not part of my routine.
I’ve never met a credit card which wouldn’t allow you to move the due date. Even if it can be accomplished online, you should try calling customer support.
Ohhhhh. I didn’t know this. I’ll give it a shot, thanks!
I did this with one of my cards just the other month because of this exact reason - it was due in the middle of the month instead of at the end/beginning like the rest of my accounts, and it slipped past my radar once. Now it’s due on the 28th with half my bills.
So… Pay it on the 15th?
Or, get a different card that permits this?
Getting a new credit card can heavily impact your credit score and impact financial decisions for years. It isn’t something that should be done if you can help it.
Unfortunately my forgetful and ADHD and idiot nature won’t let me. I have to stick to my end of month routine or else it won’t get paid