A credit card offering 4.5 Avios per £1 …. but not in the UK

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• Jeff says:

  4 Aug4 August 07:02

  Hmmm it’s a toss-up between the UK and Canada though… 😛

  • Andrew (@andrewseftel) says:

    4 Aug4 August 08:53

    I think Canada edges it.

• Andrew (@andrewseftel) says:

  4 Aug4 August 08:42

  Although note the 2.99% international spend fee that presumably subsidises the extra miles. Agree the domestic rate is great though.

• bev says:

  4 Aug4 August 12:30

  i wonder what austrailia is like for credit cards? i may be moving next year and i want to keep up with my BA avois

• Dev says:

  4 Aug4 August 15:32

  Theres a similar product in India – Citbank PremierMiles Visa. 5000RS annual fee but you get 5000 points reward or you can have 5000 points deducted instead of paying the fee. If you use their own version of the travel portal (similar to Amex Trave) to book flights / hotels, you get 10PM per 100Rs spent. Approximately 10 PM for every £1.10 spent!!! Normal earnings for everyday spend are 4PM per 100Rs. Points can used similarly like Amex MR or can be transferred to partners. Points transfer to various Asian airlines (CX, TG, SQ, AI + BA & Delta at a rate of 1:1. Its Issued on the Visa platform. I have started to move towards flexible points options (SPG/Amex MR) but everything seems to be issued as an Amex. I would dearly love a similar Visa/Mastercard (citibank PM or Chase Ultimate Rewards) to be launched in the UK.

  • onlysuites says:

    5 Aug5 August 12:59

    They are changing this, from now on-wards you can earn unlimited miles at 10per rs100 @ premiermiles website. I find the website to be basically like most OTA sites and the prices are comparable to booking through the airline direct. Last month I saved £20 by booking through premiermiles rather then BA. Maybe a exchange rate fluctuation?

    Great earning though and don’t forget if you utilize the BA transfer bonus (30% once a year) then you are essentially earning 5.2 miles per £1.10 spent. Beats my UK BA cards hands down.

    • onlysuites says:

      8 Aug8 August 09:51

      Citibank running a promotion this and next month which will give me a 50% bonus on miles. So instead of getting 5.2 miles to the £ I will be getting 7.8 miles to the £ spent. Add on a yearly 30% bonus to Avios transfer and that brings it to 10.14 Avios to the £.

      For Travel spends I will be earning just under 25 Avios to the £.

      Beat that 🙂

• Gordon says:

  4 Aug4 August 15:35

  On the subject of cards i notice that he SPG amex is still advertising the 20k sign up bonus. This was supposed to have ended at the end of july

  • Rob says:

    4 Aug4 August 15:38

    Yes, its been extended by a few days – no idea how many. Will do a post on Tuesday if its still there!

    • Gordon says:

      4 Aug4 August 15:47

      I guess i wouldnt qualify if i cancelled my previous spg card on 28th march this yesr?

      • Rob says:

        4 Aug4 August 15:52

        No, needs to be 6 months. But this promo will be back, I am certain – this is the 3rd / 4th time it has turned up since the card was launched.

• Mark says:

  7 Aug7 August 16:31

  Canada is infinitely better for quantity and quality of cards on offer. Pretty much everything comes with a standard 15,000 minimum sign up, banks often offer MC and V so have much more range and also often offer airline cards and an in-house product with a conversion programme. There are at least ten Amex cards worth having at any one time. Also points accumulate at 1 or more per CAD which is considerably more generous than per GBP. Transfer bonuses especially to Avios are also common and generous (min 50%). I have cards in both countries and have a waiting list of “wants” in Canada, whereas UK you have exhausted everything after six months.

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