It's Just Common Courtesy

I have noticed that I receive more courtesy cheques in the December festive season, and when the bills come in after the “festive season fallout”. Everybody I hear from has had a stack of them land on their doorstep in recent weeks. I suppose these companies are hoping that their customers will decide to use these cheques to mastermind a visit from Santa for their children, then they send them when we know it’s all behind us. And the next time they seem to land on the doorstep is around the time we’re all suffering from wanderlust, itching to go away on a sunny holiday. Maybe I am being cynical.

These kinds of offers from your card providers are indeed common, especially when you’ve had a large balance that you have managed to pay off. They’d like you to return to the fold. Be careful if you use a courtesy cheque. It’s often full of more nasty surprises than a cheap package holiday to Tenerife.