Wells Fargo Reflect® Card review: Long intro APR, incentive to pay on time

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Pros and cons

The Wells Fargo Reflect® Card, with its $0 annual fee and long intro APR period for balance transfers and purchases, may be a good option if you’re looking to transfer a balance. It also comes with an incentive to pay on time.

There’s a balance transfer fee of 5% (minimum $5) of the total balance transferred. And after the intro period ends, the card’s ongoing APR for both balance transfers and purchases jumps up to a variable 17.49%, 23.99%, 29.24%.

Intro offers are the same length

With this card, the introductory APR offers for both balance transfers and purchases are the same length. This can help you keep track of your finances, since you won’t have to worry about getting caught up with tricky timeline math or interest rate confusion.

The Wells Fargo Reflect® Card doesn’t have a rewards program, but you may still be able to get cash back on qualifying shopping, dining and experience purchases through the My Wells Fargo Deals program. To take advantage of this special program, you’ll first have to activate the deals. Any cash back you earn will show up as a statement credit.

Wells Fargo Reflect® Card

  • Cellphone protection — If you use the card to pay your monthly bill, you’ll be eligible for cellphone protection coverage up to $600 to cover the cost of a lost or stolen phone.
  • Current Wells Fargo cardholders may not be able to apply — If you opened another Wells Fargo card within the last six months, you may not be eligible to apply for this card.
  • 24/7 roadside assistance — You’ll have some support on the road with the card’s 24/7 emergency roadside assistance.
  • Traveling internationally will cost you — The card has a 3% foreign transaction fee. So if you’re planning on traveling outside the U.S., you may want to consider another card that won’t rack up extra fees abroad.

Who this card is good for

The Wells Fargo Reflect® Card may not seem like it offers much ongoing value, since it doesn’t offer rewards. But the 21-month intro APR period could be good if your focus is handling debt and you need more than a year to pay it off. But if you don’t need as much time, you could consider another card that offers rewards — even if it has a shorter 0% APR offer.

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