Get up to 30% bonus when you buy Avios before 13th June

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• Mr Bridge says:

  27 May27 May 08:51

  I just renewed my tax disc £225. I have always paid for it with a debit card. I did not know that dvla took amex.They charge a flat fee of £2.50 for all credit cards. So £2.50 bought me 455 avios (diamond club amex). 0.54p each.

  It would hurt dvla not to charge a cc fee, as its still cheaper than the 10’s of pound they pay the post office in commision.

  • Alan says:

    27 May27 May 10:38

    Hehe my road tax was only £20 so I used a 3V card at no fee 😛

    • Mr Bridge says:

      27 May27 May 22:27

      my dear raffles,

      can we have a 3v category please

      regards
      Mr Bridge

      • Rob says:

        28 May28 May 08:29

        Done! Good service or what?!

    • Simon says:

      28 May28 May 17:26

      What sort of car have you got Alan !?!

      • Alan says:

        28 May28 May 19:48

        Audi A3 1.6TDI – its has stupidly low emissions 😛

• Lloyd says:

  27 May27 May 10:23

  I’d be interested to hear whether it makes it a good deal for the amex 2-4-1? If you spend not much above the 10k that will only get you 15,000 avios with PP and lets assume you dont get many more points over and above this. I then buy 62,000 avios (household account) for £600 so that gives me a minimum 77k avios for the year. I’m working on the basis that each point is worth twice the value when using the 2-4-1 and so it then becomes a good deal. Good or bad?

  Great site btw!

  • Rob says:

    27 May27 May 11:55

    The post that Sir Stamford linked is your best resource. Frankly, I would try to avoid paying anything above 1p per Avios unless you are buying a small amount to top off an account.

• Nick Burch says:

  27 May27 May 23:47

  Does the Iberia 30% bonus offer that’s running at the moment not offer a cheaper route?

  • Rob says:

    28 May28 May 08:22

    Post on this in a couple of days! Very little difference, basically.

  • Sir Stamford says:

    28 May28 May 20:45

    Since Raffles is going to cover this later this week, I keep my reply brief. I haven’t compared at a lower Avios purchase level.

    You get effectively 31,200 Avios for €459 or £393 at the current spot FX rate. With BA, you get 31,000 Avios for £399.

    If you try to “double dip” by using an Avios earning card for payment (e.g. AMEX Premium Plus or MBNA Diamond Club AMEX), you will earn up paying 3% in commission on the Euro transaction i.e. the €459 would be circa £405. Therefore, extra £6 for 200 Avios!

    Sir Stamford

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