Brabus
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Registered: 25th Oct 07
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quote: Originally posted by PaulW
quote: Originally posted by Brabus
quote: Originally posted by deano87
That's because the idea of a Solo is that you don't need a credit rating/good credit rating.
Why is this different for a Meastro?
Solo cards are pure debit card, they link directly to the account so wont let you go over in any way.
Switch/Maestro are different as they like a halfway house between a debit and a credit card, and any transaction £10 or below is guarenteed by the Maestro. I racked up £800 ON TOP of my overdraught limit because of the £10 guarentee thing a few years back, hence the bank not letting me have another.
Ahhhh, thats what i needed to know, so basically you can get into trouble with a maestro but you cant with a solo
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Kurt
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Registered: 23rd Oct 05
Location: Hi
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quote: Originally posted by Brabus
Dont you automatically get phone insurance with advantage gold, or is that holiday insurance im thinking about.
you might do actually, i know theres some discount type card in there, not sure how to use it though
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AlunJ
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Registered: 3rd Apr 07
Location: Newport
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my natwest card has both solo and maestro :S
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Kerry
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Registered: 5th Oct 01
Location: Norwich
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quote: Originally posted by Kurt
quote: Originally posted by Brabus
Dont you automatically get phone insurance with advantage gold, or is that holiday insurance im thinking about.
you might do actually,
yes you do
mate just claimed, £25 excess, so its legit
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Kerry
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Registered: 5th Oct 01
Location: Norwich
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quote: Originally posted by AlunJ
my natwest card has both solo and maestro :S
impossible
one or the other
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Kurt
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Registered: 23rd Oct 05
Location: Hi
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no i have a solo maestro too, it says solo on the front and maestro/cirrus on the back
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Cosmo
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Registered: 29th Mar 01
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You get both Holiday and phone insurance...Im on that and make use of both so saves me money over the year even though its £10 a month.
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Sara
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Registered: 19th Apr 06
Location: Whalley, Lancashire
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Im with natwest, iv got a maestro and they kept tryin to persuade me to upgrade to advantage gold but its like £12 a month u have to pay and it wasnt beneficial to me.
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Sara
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Registered: 19th Apr 06
Location: Whalley, Lancashire
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and u get money knocked off certain hotels too dont u?
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AlunJ
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Registered: 3rd Apr 07
Location: Newport
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quote: Originally posted by Kurt
no i have a solo maestro too, it says solo on the front and maestro/cirrus on the back
exactly, same here, always has had both since i joined when i was 11... lol
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