How expatriates in the UK can earn 100,000 Avios points by joining Citigold Expat

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• Scott says:

  14 Dec14 December 10:35

  At what income level does one stop being an immigrant, and become an “ex-pat”?
  Appreciate the article is simply repeating the term from Citi’s site.

  • Rui N. says:

    14 Dec14 December 11:34

    When you are white.

    • blenz101 says:

      14 Dec14 December 11:42

      In common English expat workers are employed for a skillset the local market can’t provide (so will be paid accordingly) and will often benefit from housing and relocation allowances giving them a large amount of disposable income and thus attractive to the bank to help them with their financial planning.

      Typically immigrants are unskilled migrants with very different financial needs often their banking needs will be around remittance to their home country. Their move is generally more permanent.

      Both are foreign workers.

      Would you prefer Citi advertise it as an account for “the wealthy and educated living abroad”?

      • Mike says:

        14 Dec14 December 11:45

        TWAELA doesn’t really roll of the tongue so stick with expat

        • Mike says:

          14 Dec14 December 11:45

          *off the tongue

      • Rui N. says:

        14 Dec14 December 14:28

        Completely absurd saying that all immigrants are unskilled. The term expats exists simply because some immigrants think they are better than other immigrants and don’t want to be called that.
        Also completely absurd saying that skilled workers get housing allowances usually. My company has hundreds of very skilled immigrants (the average level of education is likely to be a PhD) and we don’t for sure offer housing allowances.

        • blenz101 says:

          14 Dec14 December 16:42

          I didn’t say all are unskilled but the language make a distinction which you well know.

          The US banker dropping $200k into a current account on hi transfer to London is the expat being targeted here. If he hires a driver from Pakistan whilst he is in town they are going to be called an immigrant.

          And no matter what your company offers the fact is I live the life of an expat. The market dose off schooling, healthcare and housing to skilled expats. I’m not talking about people who just want to live the dream in the sun but those with a skill companies want entice to live away from their home country.

          Migrant workers on the other hand may be living in room shares or offered dormitory style accommodation and paid appallingly.

          This is just how the world is. Neither chose their privilege and neither gets to pick what others will call them.

      • dougzz99 says:

        14 Dec14 December 14:33

        The woke are coming for you 🙂

      • Sam says:

        15 Dec15 December 00:06

        @blenz101 very accurate definition.

        • Sam says:

          15 Dec15 December 00:07

          Although, I have met young adults in their 20s considering themselves as ‘expats’ when they only teach English in East Asia, out of the fact that they look white and speak the language.

    • Bazza says:

      15 Dec15 December 11:19

      Is that true?

• Richie says:

  14 Dec14 December 10:36

  Not sure if leaving $200,000 or more of your liquid assets for two months lying around in a bank account is a good idea. I guess it depends how much of a proportion of your total assets that cash is, your monthly cash income and how avios rich you are already.

• Sapiens says:

  14 Dec14 December 11:08

  Awaiting the ultra PC wokies apoplectic at the Exp*t word

  • Mike says:

    14 Dec14 December 11:42

    Er what is wrong with being an expat

    • Sapiens says:

      14 Dec14 December 12:18

      I didn’t say there is

• Vinz says:

  14 Dec14 December 23:14

  In all fairness when my parents start talking against “those immigrants on rafts” I remind them I’m an immigrant too. The fact that I earn well doesn’t make me different. We fight all the time…

  • Bazza says:

    15 Dec15 December 11:27

    “those immigrants on rafts” – wouldn’t they just be shortening “those illegal immigrants on rafts” ?

    Because that is what they are, despite what the BBC will tell you.

    Unless France has become EVEN worse since I was last there and these people are fleeing France because of how terrible it is there….

  • Bazza says:

    15 Dec15 December 11:30

    If you are no different, did you arrive on a raft, where did you flee from?

• Boi says:

  15 Dec15 December 06:06

  Pretty sure I am still called an immigrant even though I earn over $400K- I am black.

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