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30.09.2024 - 15:43 / thepointsguy.com / Matt Moffitt
When you first see it, the term "negative balance" can make you think you made a mistake, like forgetting to pay your credit card balance. However, a negative balance on your credit card is actually a good thing because it means the bank owes you money instead of the other way around.
Still, you may be less than thrilled to have your money tied up in a credit card account. So, we're breaking down the best things to do when you find yourself with a negative credit card balance. We'll cover the different things you can do, all requiring varying degrees of effort on your part.
You'll most often have a negative credit card balance after you've made a return or received a refund for something.
Recently, I experienced this when I made a return before paying the balance on my Citi® / AAdvantage® Platinum Select® World Elite Mastercard® (see rates and fees). However, the return wasn't processed until after I had paid my bill. The result? A negative balance on my card of just more than $100.
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For something as minor as this, I'll just use this card to spend around $100 to take care of my negative balance. However, if you have a much larger negative balance, such as after canceling a major trip, you may want to look into other options.
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This is the simplest option. Just keep using the card with a negative balance, and the purchases you make on the card will eventually bring you back to zero or a positive balance. With this approach, there is almost never a need to contact the bank or do anything out of the ordinary.
If you have a balance on another card within the same account, you can contact the bank and ask to transfer your negative balance to a card on which you owe money. This approach takes a small amount of effort, but it gives you the benefit of putting your future spending on a card that will earn you the most points rather than just trying to use the negative balance on one specific card.
TPG credit cards managing editor Matt Moffitt recently had a negative balance of more than $400 on his Platinum Card® from American Express due to a refund. He also had a positive balance of around $500 on a Delta card. Instead of spending more on his Platinum Card, he used the American Express chat feature to ask an agent to transfer the negative balance and put it toward the Delta balance. The agent manually completed this action, and it took less than 48 hours for the balance to show up on the Delta card.
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