Some banks, such as Bankwest, only mention the Age Pension in their documentation, but may – if you enquire further – accept other pension and income types, including a Carer’s Pension, Disability Pension, Parenting Payments and Family Tax Benefits. A small number of cards will specify certain types of pension or allowance which they will definitely exclude from your income when calculating eligibility. The Bank of Melbourne, for example, says that Austudy, Carer's Allowance, Child Support Payments and Foster Care Allowance are not acceptable. HSBC, NAB and Virgin Money specifically include Overseas Pensions in their eligibility criteria. And once again, just because your pension type is not mentioned in a card’s eligibility criteria, it doesn’t mean your application will not succeed – call the card issuer to check before applying.