The card that I can track online is the AT&T
Universal Card. Their site can be found here:
https://www.accountonline.com/AC/index.jsp
I don't pay any "membership fees" on it, but I
don't know if they've added any - I've had mine a
long time. One thing to note about it, is that it
is *not* one of those cards with an ultra-low
finance charge. . . (So this is NOT the card for
someone who carries balances on their credit
cards. But that's not a good habit to *start* in
the first place, so the high finance charge can
be good incentive to keep yourself honest about
your spending. ^_~~)
As for transferring funds from account to
account, how long it takes depends on the bank
you're using. Ask potential banks how long it
will take by various methods. If you want it to
be fastest, you should have both accounts at the
same bank. BUT! When you're setting up the
accounts, make sure the one account *can't* draw
off the other on it's own! Many banks have set up
systems for checking accounts where if you
overwrite a check, and if you also have a savings
account at the same bank, the bank will use funds
from the savings account to cover the check
instead of bouncing it. This is good for dolts
who can't remember when they've written a check,
or for those inept at balancing a checkbook. But
in the case of using Paypal or such, if you have
this system in place and a huge payment is made,
having a separate account won't help since the
bank will draw off the main account to try to
cover the "check". So make sure the accounts are
completely independant of each other.
Many Sharp Smiles,
--Drac
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