Maximise your Avios, air miles and hotel points
Curve Card is a payment product that lets you connect multiple credit and debit cards and carry just a single card with you.
It can be a useful way of earning points and miles if a retailer does not accept credit cards but does accept debit cards. It also has very low, often zero, FX fees when used abroad.
Our introduction to Curve and why you should consider getting a Curve Card is here.
You can get £10 for free if you sign up for Curve via this link.
In a discussion on HfP yesterday about the value of the Fast Track airport security passes that you get at Gatwick when you pre-book the No1 Lounge, reader Keith mentioned that you can get free Fast .....
In a discussion on HfP yesterday about the value of the Fast Track airport security passes that you get at .....
22 Sep 202222 September 2022 • 241 comments
If you have the metal version of Curve Card (our introduction to Curve Card is here but some features have since changed), you may not be aware that it comes with free mobile phone insurance. It came .....
If you have the metal version of Curve Card (our introduction to Curve Card is here but some features have .....
28 Dec 202128 December 2021 • Leave a comment
If you have a Curve Card sitting in a drawer, you may want to dig it out again. Curve has launched a new cashback rewards programme. This allows you to earn cashback, credited to the ‘Curve .....
If you have a Curve Card sitting in a drawer, you may want to dig it out again. Curve has launched a new .....
3 May 20213 May 2021 • 126 comments
If you have a Curve Card – we explain in this article why it will make your miles and points collecting easier – you may be interested to know that the company has just raised a further .....
If you have a Curve Card – we explain in this article why it will make your miles and points collecting .....
17 Jan 202117 January 2021 • Leave a comment
Curve Card is back in action via a new processing deal with Checkout.com. This is a pretty impressive turnaround given that their previous payment processor, Wirecard, was closed down with no notice .....
Curve Card is back in action via a new processing deal with Checkout.com. This is a pretty impressive .....
30 Jun 202030 June 2020 • Leave a comment
The Financial Conduct Authority closed down Wirecard UK this morning after the parent company filed for insolvency in Germany. This came after the discovery of a €1.9 billion fraud. (If .....
The Financial Conduct Authority closed down Wirecard UK this morning after the parent company filed for .....
26 Jun 202026 June 2020 • 196 comments
Yesterday we looked at new changes to Curve Card, including the ability to pay your credit card bill with another credit card via Curve, for a 1.5% fee. I promised that I would run an updated .....
Yesterday we looked at new changes to Curve Card, including the ability to pay your credit card bill with .....
27 Apr 202027 April 2020 • 240 comments
Curve Card made a slightly confusing announcement on Friday, emailing members to tell them that it was imposing a 1.5% fee on anyone who used their card to pay off a credit card. The reason it was .....
Curve Card made a slightly confusing announcement on Friday, emailing members to tell them that it was .....
26 Apr 202026 April 2020 • 256 comments
Curve Card launched Apple Pay integration yesterday. This means that, at last, you can add your Curve Card to your iPhone or Apple Watch. Whilst this was a slightly odd missing feature – Google .....
Curve Card launched Apple Pay integration yesterday. This means that, at last, you can add your Curve Card to .....
29 Jan 202029 January 2020 • 141 comments
When HMRC stopped accepting personal credit cards for tax payments in January 2018, it was a blow for many HfP readers who used the Inland Revenue to rack up a substantial number of miles and points. .....
When HMRC stopped accepting personal credit cards for tax payments in January 2018, it was a blow for many HfP .....
23 Jan 202023 January 2020 • 233 comments
If you have any self-assessment income tax to pay by 31st January, or any VAT to pay in early February, don’t forget that the last day to make HMRC payments for free with a Curve Card is 23rd .....
If you have any self-assessment income tax to pay by 31st January, or any VAT to pay in early February, .....
20 Jan 202020 January 2020 • 155 comments
SUNDAY EDIT: On Sunday evening, Curve put details of these changes back on its website, with two changes: for new cardholders from Monday 25th November, these new policies apply immediately. .....
SUNDAY EDIT: On Sunday evening, Curve put details of these changes back on its website, with two changes: for .....
24 Nov 201924 November 2019 • 591 comments
Curve Card is an intriguing payment product which has a LOT to offer to miles and points collectors. Whilst this introductory article is a little complex at times, the key thing to remember is that .....
Curve Card is an intriguing payment product which has a LOT to offer to miles and points collectors. Whilst .....
26 Oct 201926 October 2019 • 72 comments
Curve Card holders will be interested to hear that Curve has just completed a $55m funding round. This is a substantial step-up on the $10m raised in the previous round and shows that, despite the .....
Curve Card holders will be interested to hear that Curve has just completed a $55m funding round. This is a .....
18 Jul 201918 July 2019 • Leave a comment
