AI runs every payoff strategy against your real balances and rates, builds a month-by-month calendar, and gives you a date — plus a calculator showing what one extra payment a month does to it.
On a card at a typical rate, most of an early payment goes to interest rather than balance. That isn't a failure on your part — it's how the product is built, and it's why the balance seems stuck.
Snowball, avalanche, consolidation, transfer. The difference between them is real but smaller than most people assume — and much smaller than the difference between picking one and continuing to guess.
Without a projected finish, every month feels identical and progress is invisible. A date on the calendar is the single thing that most changes how the middle stretch feels.
Debt settlement companies advertise heavily, charge substantial fees, and usually tell people to stop paying creditors. Non-profit credit counselling is a different thing entirely — and if you're behind, it's the right call.