Peter,
Welcome to the club!
A few years ago - I bought my 150 with a "0% interest for 6 months and NO % advance" credit card check. (They come up sometimes). I had most but not all the funds so I used the CC check for 6 months credit. Between the funds I already had and what I was able to get together over 6 months - paid the whole thing off just before I was going to get dinged for interest.
And amazingly - with the points the CC gave me (even though they had earned NOTHING) on the transaction - I was able to purchase a decent GPS for the plane.
It was an unusual set of circumstances where a CC offer of amazing benefit to me aligned with me buying the plane and knowing I could swing the funds when the loan would fall due.
I'm sure the CC company assumed they would make out when I failed to pay the loan off after 6 months..
