What is a grace period?
If the credit card carries no balance, the grace period is the interest-free time a lender allows between the transaction date and the billing date. The standard grace period is usually between 20 and 30 days. If there is no grace period, finance charges will accrue the moment a purchase is made with the credit card. People who carry a balance on their credit cards have no grace period.
A grace period is a period of time a credit card company gives you before it starts charging you interest on the purchases you made. In most cases the grace period is between 20 to 25 days. However, the grace period is not a free time to pay any bill! Many people dont know, but in most cases, the grace period is granted ONLY WHEN YOU DO NOT CARRY ANY BALANCE! That means that if you carry a balance of even one cent from the previous period you would have to pay interest on all the new purchases starting from the day of the purchase! This is a good reason to pay your bill at full whenever you can. You can find the grace period in the Terms and Conditions of the credit card offer. In most cases you will see that these 20-25 days are granted only “when you pay your balance in full”. People sometimes are leaving the bill payment to the last day thinking the are saving money by waiting, but in fact, if you carry a balance you are most likely paying interest for any single day since the purch
A grace period is the time period allocated after a student finishes school or drops below half-time enrollment and before it is necessary to begin repayment on their student loans. The grace period for a Stafford loan is usually six months. Effective July 1, 2008, ParentPLUS loans disbursed on or after July 1, 2008, will also have an optional six month grace period. Please review your promissory note for grace period information.
