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Navy Federal Platinum: terms, score and downsides

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Rubric score 58.1% across 78 cards. Issuer page ↗

Downsides first

• Penalty APR up to 18.0%
• Late fee up to $20

Terms & fees

• IssuerNavy Federal
• Typebalance transfer
• Annual fee$0 navyfederal.org, 2026-10-12
• Regular purchase APR10.24%–18.0% variable navyfederal.org, 2026-10-12
• Rewards0% base navyfederal.org, 2026-10-12
• Sign-up bonus (≈$)$0 No sign-up bonus shown navyfederal.org, 2026-10-12
• Intro APR12 months 0.99% (not 0%) intro APR for 12 months on balance transfers made in the first 60 days; no transfer fee navyfederal.org, 2026-10-12
• Foreign transaction feenone files.consumerfinance.gov, 2025-12-31
• Penalty APRup to 18.0% up to; per Navy Federal agreement consumerfinance.gov, 2026-06-30
• Late feeup to $20 up to (first and repeat late fee) files.consumerfinance.gov, 2025-12-31
• Balance transfer feenot found files.consumerfinance.gov, 2025-12-31
• Cash advance feenot found files.consumerfinance.gov, 2025-12-31
• Credit neededno credit score, ≤619, 620–719, 720+ (CFPB TCCP targeted tiers) files.consumerfinance.gov, 2025-12-31
• Grace period25 days files.consumerfinance.gov, 2025-12-31
• Cash advance APR18% files.consumerfinance.gov, 2025-12-31
• CFPB survey APR (2025-12-31)10.49%–18.0% files.consumerfinance.gov, 2025-12-31 older; issuer figure above is newer

Complaint record (CFPB)

• Complaints, last 12 months10,427
• Trend▼ 41.4% (last 12 mo 10,427 vs prior 12 mo 17,784)
• Timely response (last 36 mo)100.0%
• Top issueProblem caused by your funds being low
• Insurance statusNCUA-insured credit union: NAVY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION (charter 5536, Active; insured since 01/04/1971; assets $204,364,276,193)

Company-level (NAVY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION), all products, as of 2026-10-12. Navy Federal Credit Union complaints: full record → Shown for context; does not change the score.

Score breakdown

• Annual fee 10.0/10Annual fee $0 (as of 2026-10-12). Rubric: $0=10, ≤$95=8, ≤$395=5, ≤$695=3, more=1 (perks/credits are not counted).
• Rewards rate 0.0/10Base 0% on everything, top category 0% (as of 2026-10-12; points/miles valued at 1¢). Score = base/2%×7 + min(top,6)/6%×3. 0% base
• Sign-up bonus 0.0/10Bonus ≈ $0: No sign-up bonus shown (as of 2026-10-12). Score = value/$75, max 10.
• Intro 0% APR 5.7/100.99% (not 0%) intro APR for 12 months on balance transfers made in the first 60 days; no transfer fee (as of 2026-10-12). Score = months/21×10.
• Regular APR 10/1010.24%–18.0% variable (as of 2026-10-12); midpoint 14.12%. Score = (34 − midpoint)/1.4, 0–10.
• Foreign transaction fee 10.0/10No foreign transaction fee (as of 2025-12-31).
• Regulatory record (CFPB) n/a/10not found — unknown, scored 5.0/10 (lower of neutral 5 and comparison median)

0.143×10.0 + 0.143×0.0 + 0.143×0.0 + 0.143×5.7 + 0.143×10 + 0.143×10.0 + 0.143×5.0* = 5.82 → 58.1% (* unknown, imputed)

Is Navy Federal Platinum worth it? (break-even math) →Value for my spending →

Compare with

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FAQ

What is the Navy Federal Platinum annual fee?

$0

What is the Navy Federal Platinum APR?

10.24%–18.0% variable

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