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Yesterday, I did my best to respond to an email I received asking ‘What is the best credit card for earning Avios points?’. Because you can earn Avios points both directly and indirectly (eg via Tesco Clubcard or Amex Membership Rewards), the list of possible cards [...]
I recently had an email asking ‘What is the best credit card for earning Avios points?’. This is not as easy an answer as you might think. Whilst there are the BA and Lloyds TSB cards which issue Avios miles directly, there are other cards [...]
This post is for the benefit of email and RSS subscribers (about 1,200 of you!) plus anyone who read my post on the 20,000 point sign-up bonus on the Starwood Amex card before 3pm! At 3pm yesterday, TopCashBack cut its sign-up cashback from £30.30 to [...]
Another great way to earn a pile of Avios points from a credit card sign-up has appeared! I was very surprised last night to see that the sign-up bonus on the SPG / Starwood American Express card had jumped back up to 20,000 SPG points. [...]
(EDIT: This post has been updated in May 2013, and the numbers shown below are correct as of May 2013.) I first wrote on this topic back in November. However, with major changes, I thought it was a good time to re-run the analysis. Our [...]
Starwood, the Westin / Sheraton / W / aloft etc hotel group, has announced some changes (ie cost increases) to its popular ‘cash and points’ awards. Full details can be found here. Note that the changes do not kick in until March 5th. To fully [...]
Three quick things which don’t justify their own post! First … the 20,000 Starwood points (= 25,000 Avios) bonus on the Starwood American Express card is still showing on the americanexpress.co.uk website. This implies that the offer has been extended to 14th February for everyone, [...]
Last year I ran a number of posts about American Express Currency Exchange, the new bureau de change partner of British Airways Executive Club. See here, here and here. What we discovered was that Amex Currency Exchange treats pre-ordered foreign currency purchases on an Amex [...]
I have updated the ‘Credit Cards Update’ page for February. As with January, it was one of the quicker jobs I’ve done on this page because there have been no major changes since the January list came out! The only major amendment was removing the [...]
February 1st is the last day to apply for the Starwood Preferred Guest American Express credit card and pick up the 20,000 SPG points bonus. Full details of the card are here. The headline details are: 20,000 SPG points when you spend £1,000 within 3 [...]
I must admit, I was a little surprised when – like many of you – I was emailed on Saturday with details of the new Amex / Foursquare promotions that will run in February. Did they learn nothing when we cleaned out Harvey Nichols before [...]
I have updated the ‘Credit Cards Update’ page for January. It was not a difficult job, for once, because there have been no major changes since the December list came out! The only amendment was removing the Miles & More 10,000 mile bonus which ended [...]
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