Possible 18,750 Avios for £53 via the Daily Mail

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• Andrew says:

  13 Feb13 February 07:58

  The personal finance section is pretty good.

  It’s a good idea to read the papers and articles you don’t like, otherwise you end up in a political or social echo chamber.

  • David says:

    13 Feb13 February 09:36

    I agree that it is good to keep an overview of the entire media landscape, not for reasons of echo chamber, but for reasons of knowing what other people are being told.
    But this is a level above echo chamber concerns, this is not simply lines of argument that people don’t like or disagree with, it is about deliberately misleading the public, deliberately being sensationalist – with the intention to create anger and division.
    And when it comes to that, some of us simply will stand up for what we believe in – otherwise one becomes complicit.
    On this basis (staying abreast of the nonsense they are putting out) – while I do find means to access Daily Mail (and other ‘news’paper) stories and content, I make sure I do it in a manner that does not contribute to their bottom line (including delivering them numbers that contribute to it).
    Incidentally, I don’ think the Mail is, in day to day terms, the worst of poisoning minds with nonsense (Express is far more constant nonsense), and yes they do also have some good content (financial has been good at times), but when they do post line crossing stuff, it is some of the worst. So this is not virtue signalling, this is some of us saying we simply don’t support this. It crosses a fundamental line – for promotion of hatred and division.

    • mark2 says:

      13 Feb13 February 09:55

      By ‘nonsense they are putting out’ I assume you mean views different from yours.

      • David says:

        13 Feb13 February 10:08

        mark2 – did you actually read my post?

        If you did then, ‘views different from yours’, then evidently you think creating hatred and division is acceptable? You think homophobic undertones are acceptable?

        There are lots of things that I don’t personally agree with in the Guardian, and in The Times, and in the Economist, and in the FT, etc but we are not talking about simply policy views, or approaches that people disagree with.

      • J says:

        13 Feb13 February 10:20

        @mark2 – The idea that newspapers have become view/comment machines rather than truth reporters isn’t to be taken lightly. A test I like to apply, is when a topic arises on one of the few subject where I would consider myself a world expert – normally specific to my business, read the appropriate articles from all papers. Under this test the Daily Mail almost always comes at the bottom of the pile – the story always comes at the expense of the truth. Don’t worry, the Guardian isn’t that great either. But FT, and, normally, the BBC are incredibly accurate. If you find comfort reading papers to reaffirm false views, then go ahead, but for truth, stay clear of the Daily Mail. The Mail on Sunday isn’t too bad though!

• Eggs says:

  13 Feb13 February 08:05

  Where can you read the terms before purchasing? Thks rocky

  • Rob says:

    13 Feb13 February 09:41

    The only terms that were in the email are copied into the article.

• Shug says:

  13 Feb13 February 08:11

  for those wishing to cancel, the T&C’s offers a 0800 083 5000 number to call, just in case you don’t have a free calls with your phone – the last page you see when you sign up says 0345 071 2721

• ChrisA says:

  13 Feb13 February 08:12

  I notice it says you can get Nectar points which can be ‘redeemed at partners including M&S…’

  • Andrew says:

    13 Feb13 February 08:18

    If only they could be!

    • ChrisA says:

      13 Feb13 February 08:33

      I take it back – it does at least seem you can redeem 1000 Nectar points for a £5 voucher via MyMail. Can’t be spent on food.

  • Genghis says:

    13 Feb13 February 09:08

    They can be. Indirectly.

    • Andrew says:

      13 Feb13 February 10:24

      How?

      • Genghis says:

        13 Feb13 February 10:47

        Viking

        • Andrew says:

          13 Feb13 February 11:19

          So we can ignore the line in the T&Cs that says you can’t buy gift cards with a Viking voucher? Is that just like the Amex offers always say that but isn’t actually the case?

• Andrew says:

  13 Feb13 February 08:28

  Donald Russell popping up on my notifications as a new 10% Air Time partner. (I’m not sure if it was on there before tbh).

  Should stack nicely with the MBNA/LBG and Virgin offers – probably others too.

• Robert says:

  13 Feb13 February 08:51

  I didn’t see anywhere on the subscription page to add my Nectar card number. I have a linked MyMail, is that enough?

• BuildBackBetter says:

  13 Feb13 February 08:53

  Already subscribe to the remain echo chambers Guardian and FT, will get this for balance (and the points!)

• Akebah says:

  13 Feb13 February 09:01

  Thank you. Mother in law who lives down the road will wonder why we are remembering to get the Mail for her. My son has been trying to wean her off it by buying the Times for her so she at least will be as happy as my avíos balance.

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