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If you hold one of the old BMI credit cards, you probably had a text message recently telling you that MBNA was writing to you with details of enhanced benefits on the cards. You probably thought that this would relate to the improved mileage earnings [...]
I had an email from a reader recently who asked me about how easy it was to ‘churn’ various credit cards, ie cancel them and then reapply, picking up another sign-up bonus. He suggested that I write a specific post about it. I said that [...]
I received some good news by email yesterday - I have been approved for the American Airlines credit cards with the fantastic 35,000 miles sign-up bonus! I was a little worried, to be honest, since my BMI MasterCard has a substantial £20,000 credit limit, and I wasn’t sure [...]
One of the joys that greeted me on our return from Dubai was our council tax bill for 2013/2014. Earning Avios or other points by paying your day-to-day bills is something which a lot of people ignore. Unfortunately, because of the huge range of utility [...]
Yes, strange but true! According to this Flyertalk thread, the earning rate on the bmi credit cards, issued by MBNA, has been increased! This is despite the fact that a) that you can no longer apply for these cards and b) no-one has been officially [...]
I’d like to welcome the newest member of the British Airways Executive Club: … ie, my youngest. We are in Dubai again this week (we have family here, which is why we pop down quite a bit). My original plan was to make this my last BMI [...]
(EDIT: There is a later, follow-up article to this post on the Debenhams deals, which can be found by clicking here.) March is here, and with it are two great new Foursquare deals. As was hinted at last month, two new deals have been launched [...]
I’m sure no-one needs reminding of this, but bmi Diamond Club finally closes its doors today to members outside the UK. (Technically, Australia and New Zealand-based accounts will also remain open, but will be frozen until BA decides what to do with them. Residents of [...]
So, the end of 2012 is here. And, overall, it has been a good one for the miles and points collector. The stand-out deal, without a doubt, was the Lloyds TSB Avios credit card promotion. There has never been another deal like this one, and [...]
As you read this I should be sitting on a beach in the Middle East. Last week, though, I was having a debate with myself about how to pay the hotel bill! It’s not that I can’t afford it! (Although it will be around £5,000 I [...]
A month ago I wrote this piece about the launch of diamondclub.org, the new website that BA has set up. It is there to allow former bmi Diamond Club members to check their Diamond Club mileage balance, and to move those miles across to Avios (they now [...]
I posted last weekend that MBNA had pulled the application forms for the bmi credit cards with no warning. This meant the end of the most generous sign-up bonus on offer from any UK loyalty card. I said in that post that I would write [...]
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