Reader Jesse heard the siren song of yellow bikini-clad Annie, and dabbled in a li’l Arbitrage! He wanted to know the best way to get the free money from his Chase Slate into his wallet and ultimately into Everbank where he could sit back and earn 1.25%. He already had a Citi® Dividend Platinum Select® Visa® Card – $100 Cash Back card, so this was simple.
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Requesting an overpayment from Citi is the easiest way I have found to do this. I recently overpaid my Citi Dividend card to show you screen captures of how I got back my over-payment (see below). Login to CitiCards.com. Click on the heading “Tools & Services”. Scroll down to “Request a Credit Balance Refund”. I had a $40 credit balance and clicked “Request Refund”. A check arrived a couple weeks later. Done and done.
If Arbitrage is new to you, check out the video. In boring typing, here’s the scoop:
Open a Chase Slate card. Transfer the entire credit limit (at 0% interest for 15 months with NO fees at all) to another credit card. I suggest the Citi Dividend card. Then request a refund of any overpayment. When that check arrives, open an account at Everbank and earn 1.25% on money that cost zilch. Well played! If you wanna jump a few hoops, you can get 3.09% at Consumers Credit Union.
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