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the full amount of the new balance of purchases each month within 25 days 
of  your  statement  closing  date.  Otherwise,  the  new  balance  of  purchases, 
and subsequent purchases from date they are posted to your account, will 

Penalty Rates — A penalty rate will be imposed for all balances if you are 
sixty (60) or more days late in making a payment. Your non(cid:31)penalty rate 
may be re(cid:31)established if you make subsequent on(cid:31)time payments for six (6) 
consecutive months.

—  You 
agree to notify us immediately in the event of the loss, theft or unauthorized 
use of your credit card. Contact us in writing at NASA Federal Credit Union, 
P.O. Box 1778, Bowie, Maryland 20717(cid:31)1778 or by calling (301) 249(cid:31)1800 
or 1(cid:31)888(cid:31)NASA(cid:31)FCU, ext. 201 (during normal business hours) and 1(cid:31)800(cid:31)
449(cid:31)7728  after  hours  (TDD  (301)  390(cid:31)4521).  You  may  be  liable  for  the 
unauthorized use of your credit card. You will not be liable for unauthorized 
use that occurs after you notify us of the loss, theft, or possible unauthorized 
use, unless you are grossly negligent in the handling of your card. In any 
case, your liability will not exceed $50 for unauthorized cash advances at 
ATMs. You will have no liability for unauthorized purchases made with your 
credit card.

Credit Limit — When we approve your application, we will establish a self(cid:31)
replenishing line  of credit for you and notify you of its  amount  when  we 
issue the card. Your credit limit line appears on your billing statements. You 
agree not to let the account balance exceed this approved credit limit. Each 
payment you make on the account will restore your credit limit by the amount 
of the payment which is applied to principal. You may request an increase 
in your credit limit only by application to us, which must be approved by 

raise your credit limit. By giving you written notice our loan committee or 

card and terminate this agreement. Good cause includes, but is not limited 
to your failure to comply with this agreement, or our adverse re(cid:31)evaluation 
of your creditworthiness. On the card anniversary date or at re(cid:31)issue, your 
membership must be in good standing. If any obligation to which you are a 
party with the credit union is in default, a new card may not be sent to you. 
This constitutes a termination of your credit line. You may also terminate this 
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you owe under this agreement. The cards remain our property and you must 
recover and surrender to us all cards upon request and upon termination of 
this agreement. Convenience checks are no longer valid if the account has 
been suspended or terminated.

Monthly Payment — We will mail you a statement every month showing 
your  previous  balances  of  purchases  and  cash  advances,  the  current 
transactions  on  your  account,  the  remaining  credit  available  under  your 
credit  limit,  the  new  balances  of  purchases  and  cash  advances,  the  total 

fees, and  the  minimum  payment  required.  Every  month  you  must  pay  at 
least the minimum payment within 25 days of your statement closing date. 
The minimum monthly payment is 3% of your total new balance, or $25, 
whichever is greater. By separate agreement you may authorize us to charge 
the  minimum  payment  automatically  to  your share  or share  draft  account 
with  us.  You  may,  of  course,  pay  more  frequently,  pay  more  than  the 
minimum payment, or pay the total new balance in full, and you will reduce 

your credit limit, you must immediately pay the excess upon our demand. 
Payments made to your account will be applied in the following order: Fees 
and  Finance  Charges;  Previously  Billed  Purchases;  Cash Advances;  New 
Purchases. We may accept checks marked “payment in full” or with words 
of similar effect without losing any of our rights to collect the full balance of 
your account with us.

calculated on the average daily principal balance. The principal balances of 
purchases and cash advances are determined each day during the statement 
period,  beginning  with  the  principal  portion  of  your  previous  balances, 
reduced  by  payments  you  make  and  credits  we  apply,  and  increased  by 
purchases  and  cash  advances  you  make  and  debit  adjustments  we  make 
during  the  statement  period. The  daily  principal  balances  are  totaled, and 
divided by the number of days in the statement period, to produce separate 
average daily principal balances for purchases and cash advances to which 
the periodic rate is then applied. 

The Monthly Periodic Rates and corresponding Annual Percentage Rates are 
disclosed on the application.

Balance Transfer Transactions   — We  may  in  our sole discretion make 
balance transfer offers to you or allow balance transfer transactions on your 
account in the future. We may in our sole discretion permit you to transfer 
balances from other accounts or loans with other credit card issuers or other 
lenders to this account, or other balance transfers we may allow.  If a portion 
of a requested balance transfer will exceed your available credit access line 
for balance transfers, we may process a partial balance transfer up to your 
available credit access line for balance transfers.

Transaction Fee for  Cash Advances  —  For each  cash advance,  we  add 
an  additional CHARGE  of 3% of the  advanced  amount  but  not  less than 
$5.00. This fee will be added to the cash advance balance. (The amount of the 
cash advance may include a surcharge that the owner of an ATM imposes). 
The cash transaction fee may cause the annual percentage rate on the billing 

annual percentage rate.

Default — You will be in default if you fail to make any minimum payment 
within 5 days after your due date and may be charged a late fee. You will also 
be in default if your ability to repay us is materially reduced by a change in 
your employment, an increase in your obligations, bankruptcy or insolvency 
proceedings  involving  you,  your  death  or  if  the  value  of  our  security 
interest  materially  declines. You  will  be  in  default  if  you  fail  to  abide  by 
this agreement or you make any false or misleading statements in any credit 
application or update of credit information. If you are in default, we have the 
right to suspend or terminate your credit line (See Credit Limit). We have 
the right to demand immediate payment of your full account balance if you 
default, subject to our giving you any notice required by law. To the extent 
permitted by law you will also be required to pay our collection expenses, 
including court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees plus any fees incurred as 
a result of bankruptcy.

Default Rates — We will impose the default APR on your account if you are 
in default under any other agreement for any other account or loan with us, 
such as you fail to make a payment when due. 

Variable Rates — One or more APRs that apply to your account may vary 
with changes to the Prime Rate. When you have an APR that varies with 
changes to the Prime Rate, we calculate the APR by adding a margin to the 
Prime Rate published in The Wall Street Journal. The “Prime Rate” is the 
highest (U.S.) Prime Rate published in the Money Rates section of the The 
Wall Street Journal. The Prime Rate is merely a pricing index. It is not the 
lowest or the best interest rate available to a borrower at any particular bank 
at any given  time.  If The Wall Street Journal stops publishing the  Prime 
Rate, we will select a similar reference rate and inform you on your billing 
statement or through a separate notice. A “margin” is the percentage we add 
to the Prime Rate to calculate the APR. A “business day” is any day that is 
not a weekend or federal holiday. The Rates and Fees Table shows which 
rates, if any, are variable rates. It also lists the margin for each variable rate 
and any minimum daily periodic rate and corresponding APR. We then add 
the applicable margin to that Prime Rate to get the APR. The daily periodic 
rate is calculated as described above. If our calculation results in a change to 
a daily periodic rate from the previous billing cycle because the Prime Rate 

that ends in the calendar month in which we made the calculation. If the 

charge and may have to pay a higher minimum payment.

Using The Card — To make a purchase or cash advance, there are two 
alternative procedures to be followed. One is for you to present the card to 

and  sign  the  sales  or  cash  advance  draft  which  will  be  imprinted  with 
your card. The other is to complete the transaction by using your Personal 

Teller  Machine  or  other  type  of  electronic terminal  that  provides  access 
to  the  VISA  system.  The  monthly  statement  will  identify  the  merchant, 

but  sales, cash advance,  credit or other  slips cannot  be  returned  with  the 
statement. You will retain the copy of such slips furnished at the time of the 
transaction in order to verify the monthly statement. The Credit Union may 
make a reasonable charge for photocopies of slips you may request. If you 
wish to pay for goods or services over the Internet, you may be required to 
provide card number security information before you will be permitted to 
complete the transaction.

Foreign Transactions  —  Purchases  and  cash advances  made  in  foreign 
currencies will be debited from your account in U.S. dollars. The exchange 
rate  between  the  transaction  currency  and  the  billing  currency  used  for 
processing international transactions is a rate selected by Visa from a range 
of rates available in wholesale currency markets for the applicable central 
processing  date.  This  may  vary  from  the  rate  Visa  itself  receives  or  the 
government(cid:31)mandated  rate in  effect for the  applicable central processing 
date in each instance plus an additional 1%. The exchange rate used on the 
processing date may differ from the rate that would have been used on the 
purchase date or cardholder statement posting date.

A fee of 1% of the amount of the transaction, calculated in U.S. dollars, will 
be imposed on all foreign transactions, including purchases, cash advances 
and credits  to  your account. A  foreign transaction is  any transaction that 
you complete or a merchant completes on your card outside of the U.S., 
with exceptions of U.S. military bases, U.S. territories, U.S. embassies and 
U.S. consulates.

Plan Merchant Disputes — We are not responsible for the refusal of any 

claims and defenses (other than tort claims) arising out of goods or services 
you purchase with the card only if you have made a good faith attempt, but 
have been unable to obtain satisfaction from the plan merchant, and (a) your 
purchase was made in response to an advertisement we sent or participated 
in sending you; or (b) your purchase cost more than $50.00 and was made 
from a plan merchant in your state or within 100 miles of your home. Any 
other disputes you must resolve directly with the plan merchant.

Security  Interest  —  To  secure  your  account,  you  grant  us  a  purchase 
money security interest under the Uniform Commercial Code in any goods 
you purchase  through the  account.  If you default,  we  will have  the  right 
to recover any of these goods which have not been paid for through our 
application of your payments in the manner described under the paragraph 
“Monthly Payment” as provided in this agreement.

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pledge of your Credit Union shares (deposits). You pledge to us 
and grant a security interest in all joint and individual accounts 
you have  with us now and in  the  future,  to secure  your VISA 
credit  card  account. You authorize us to apply  the  balance in 
these account(s) to pay any amounts due under this agreement 
if you should default.

Illegal Transactions Prohibited — You agree that you will not use your 
card for any transaction that is illegal under applicable federal, state, or local 
law.

Your account will also be secured by your pledged shares (deposits) and 
by the property described in any other security agreements signed with us, 
except for your home.

Returns and Adjustments — Merchants and others who honor the card 
may give credit for returns or adjustments, and they will do so by sending us 
a credit slip which we will post to your account. If your credits and payments 
exceed what you owe us, we will hold and apply this credit balance against 
future purchases and cash advances, or if it is $1.00 or more, refund it on 
your written request or automatically within six months.

Effect of Agreement — This Agreement is the contract which applies to all 
transactions on your account even though the sales, cash advance, credit or 
other slips you sign or receive may contain different terms. We may amend 
this Agreement from time to time by sending you the advance written notice 
required by law. Your use of the card thereafter will indicate your agreement 
to the Amendments. To the extent the law permits, and we indicate in our 
notice, Amendments will apply to your existing account balance as well as 
to future transactions.

 
Special  Promotions  —  From  time  to  time,  we  may  offer  special 
promotions, under which purchases of goods or services, balance transfers 
or cash advances transactions may be billed to your account with special 

on payments and other terms for special promotions may differ from the 
standard terms described in this Agreement and as may be shown on your 
account statement.

CURewards  Program  for  Platinum  Cards:  There  is  no  annual  fee  to 
participate in the program. The following rules apply only to the program 
as offered to NASA Federal Credit Union Reward cardholders. 

Every  dollar  in  qualifying  purchases  (net  of  returns)  that  “participants” 
charge  to  their  credit  card  account  eligible  in  this  rewards  program 
(“program”) earns participants one point as provided for in these rules. No 

checks,  foreign  transaction  currency  conversion  charges  or  insurance 
charges posted to their account. Charges or transactions may be added to, 
or removed from, the above lists of eligible charges and transactions from 
time to time at the sole discretion of the program provider. Any questions as 
to what constitutes an eligible charge shall be resolved at the sole discretion 
of the program provider. Points for this program begin to accumulate with 

in which their program begins and ending on the last day of the last billing 
cycle  of  the  announced  duration  of  their  program.  Points  earned  from 
net purchases and point adjustments made between billing cycles will be 
deemed  as  earned  after  being  posted  to  participant’s  next  monthly  card 
statement. 

Points can be used to order the gift/travel awards described in the current 
brochure or on the program’s website. Participants may select gift/travel 
awards from any level, subject to availability, as long as participant has 
the necessary number of points posted to their account as of their previous 
month’s account statement. Point requirements assigned to any award are 
subject to change from time to time without notice, and gift/travel awards 
may be substituted at any time. 

Points have no cash value. Points in this program cannot be exchanged for 
cash or credit, cannot be combined with cash to obtain gift/travel awards, 
cannot be earned from or transferred to or combined with any other credit 
card account’s points for redemption. The participant’s periodic statement 
will normally include the number of points earned subject to adjustment 
as provided for in these rules. Points will be deducted from the total points 

card account billing statement. The participant’s credit card account may 
be charged for the actual cash difference between the cost of the award 
redeemed and the net value of the actual points available for redemption 
in the event the participant redeems unearned points. Accounts must be 
open (not canceled or terminated by either party) at time of redemption. 
Awards are not available when the cardholder is in default under the card 
agreement. The sponsoring credit union reserves the right to suspend the 
cardholder’s  participation  in  the  program  until  the  account  is  in  good 

Points may be forfeited due to rules violations. This program is void where 
prohibited or restricted by law. The program provider reserves the right to 
terminate the programs or portions thereof at any time without restriction 
or penalty. This means that regardless of a participant’s level of activity 

in the  program, the ability to accumulate points or claim awards can be 
terminated  with  or  without  prior  notice.  The  participant’s  use  of  their 
credit card following receipt of these rules will indicate their agreement to 
comply with and abide by these rules.

In your letter, give us the following information:

•  Your name and account number.
•  The dollar amount of the suspected error.
•  Describe the error and explain, if you can, why you believe there  

is an error. If you need more information, describe the item you are  

CashRewards Program for Platinum Cards — The cash rebate is earned 

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and is paid annually to accounts open and in good standing on the posting 
date.  Every  dollar  in  net  purchases  (purchases  of  goods  and  services 
minus  any  returns  or  refunds)  that  a  cardholder  or  any  authorized  user 
on the account makes with a NASA Federal Platinum Cash Back Rebate 
credit  card,  is  covered  by  this  program.  The  net  purchases  that  appear 
on the monthly statement during the program period earn a cash rebate. 
All rebate accruals will appear on the monthly statement. We reserve the 
right to determine if net purchases qualify for the rebate. No retroactive 
rebates will be awarded. We reserve the right to prohibit any cardholder 
from earning or receiving a rebate. If an account is closed for any reason, 
membership  in  the  program  will  be  terminated  and  the  total  balance  of 
accumulated rebate earnings will be forfeited. Membership in the program 
will be renewed automatically each year, as long as the account is open 
and not in default as described in this Cardholder Agreement, unless we 

unauthorized or fraudulent charges, or fees of any kind, including fees for 
products that protect or insure the balances of the account are not eligible 
for rebates. Rebates will be deducted for any returns or credits made on 
the  account.  Rebates  earned  are  not  transferable  and  cannot  be  used  as 

sole discretion. We reserve the right to alter or waive any program feature 

participation  fees,  rebate  accrual  or  criteria,  or  to  cancel  or  temporarily 
suspend the program at any time. The program is void where prohibited 
by federal, state, or local law. These rules and regulations set forth all the 
terms  of  the  program.  We  have  no  other  obligation  with  respect  to  the 
program  beyond  those  described  in  these  rules.  Rebate  is  based  on  net 
annual purchases as follows:

a. 1% rebate for purchases up to $1,000;

      b. 1.25% rebate for purchases from $1,001 $2,000;
     c. 2% rebate for purchases from $2,001 +

Annual Statement of Billing Rights As Required By Regulation Z

This  notice  contains  important  information  about  your  rights  and  our 
responsibilities under the Fair Credit Billing Act.

Notify Us In Case Of Errors Or Questions About Your Bill.

If you think your bill is wrong, or if you need more information about a 
transaction on your bill, write us as soon as possible at P.O. Box 1588, 
Bowie, MD 20717 1588.We must hear from you no later than 60 days after 

call us, but doing so will not preserve your rights. 

If you have authorized us to pay your credit card bill automatically from 
your savings or checking account, you can stop the payment on any amount 
you think is wrong. To stop the payment, your letter must reach us three (3) 
business days before the automatic payment is scheduled to occur.

Your Rights And Our Responsibilities After We Receive Your Written 
Notice.

We must acknowledge your letter within thirty (30) days, unless we have 
corrected the error by then. Within ninety (90) days, we must either correct 
the error or explain why we believe the bill was correct. 

After  we  receive  your  letter,  we  cannot  try  to  collect  any  amount  you 
question, or report you as delinquent. We can continue to bill you for the 

amount against your credit limit. You do not have to pay any questioned 
amount while we are investigating, but you are still obligated to pay the 
parts of your bill that are not in question.

up any missed payments on the questioned amount. In either case, we will 
send you a statement of the amount you owe and the date that it is due.

If you fail to pay the amount that we think you owe, we may report you 
as delinquent. However, if our explanation does not satisfy you and you 
write us within ten (10) days telling us that you still refuse to pay, we must 
tell anyone we report you to that you have a question about your bill. And, 
we  must  tell  you  the  name  of  anyone  we  reported  you  to. We  must  tell 
anyone we report you to that the matter has been settled between us when it 

questioned amount, even if your bill was correct.

Special Rule For Credit Card Purchases. If you have a problem with the 
quality of property or services that you purchased with a credit card, and 
you have tried in good faith to correct the problem with the merchant, you 
may have the right not to pay the remaining amount due on the property or 
services. There are two limitations on this right: (a) You must have made 
the purchase in your home state or, if not within your home state, within 
100 miles of your current mailing address; and (b) The purchase price must 
have been more than $50. 

These limitations do not apply if we own or operate the merchant, or if we 
mailed you the advertisement for the property or services.

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Visa ®  Platinum Credit Card 
Agreement and 

Truth in Lending Disclosure

In this agreement the words you or your mean each person who applies 

for a credit card, or who uses the credit card or duplicate credit card. The 
word card means your credit card and duplicates of said card. The word 
account means your credit card revolving credit account. We, us and our(s) 
mean the NASA Federal Credit Union or anyone to whom the Credit Union 
transfers its rights under this agreement.

Responsibility — If we issue you a card, you agree to repay all debts and the 

and severally. For example, you are responsible for charges made by yourself, 
your spouse and minor children. You are also responsible for charges made 
by anyone else to whom you give the card, and this responsibility continues 
until the card is recovered. You cannot disclaim responsibility by notifying 
us, but we will close the account for new transactions if you so request in 
writing and return all cards that were issued to you. Your obligation to pay 
the account balance continues even though an agreement, divorce decree or 
other court judgment to which we are not a party may direct you or one of 
the other persons responsible to pay the account. Any person using the card 
is jointly and severally responsible with you for charges he or she makes, 
but if that person signs the card he or she becomes a party to this agreement 
and is also jointly and severally responsible for all charges on the account, 
including yours.

Individual Credit  — One VISA ATM card will be issued in your name 

Joint Credit  — Two VISA ATM cards will be issued, one in the applicant’s 
name  and  one  in  the  co applicant’s  name.  Both  cards  will  be  encoded 

co applicant  to  access  and  utilize  your  credit  card  account  through  the 
participating automated teller machine (ATM) networks, subject to the terms 
and disclosure of the credit card agreement and the electronic funds transfer 
disclosure for credit card/ATM access card.

Authorized User — Up to two authorized user cards can be issued on an 
Individual  account  or  Joint  VISA  account.  To  select  an  authorized  user, 
request a separate form.

  —  You  agree  to  notify  us  immediately, 
orally or in writing of the loss, theft or unauthorized use of your Credit Card. 
Contact the Credit Union at P.O. Box 1778, Bowie, Maryland 20717 1778 
or telephone the credit union at 301 249 1800 or 1 888 NASA FCU in the 
Continental United States (TDD telephone number is 301 390 4521).