Everyone's favourite airline - Ryanair - today announced something that would had been unthinkable a few months ago. Nope. O'Leary hasn't gone, but a new payment method is being accepted - that method being... American Express American Express and Ryanair have come to terms to take Amex cards as Ryanair works out that 20%+ of its customers actually take the airline for … [Read more...]
American Express offers £25 on a £50 spend this weekend in Oxford Street
A lot of frequent flyers end up with an Amex card of some sort in their pocket (me excluded, but that's a personal issue between me and American Express), and occasional, they have reasonable offers. Their new offer focuses on the West End of London shopping Area (where if you're going there in a weekend before Christmas period is a bit mad, but each to their own...) on … [Read more...]
BMI Diamond Club Miles – 20% Extra offer until 30th June = Cheapish Avios
The offer that I wrote about 15th May about BMI offering a 20% Bonus on destination miles purchased is still running. And it's running until 30th June. Now whilst most of the Star Alliance flyers have flown away, there are those of us preparing for the jump to Avios, with the online conversion tool available from 3rd July. To repeat the idea: Buy your BMI … [Read more...]
Credit Cards in UK: Non Alligned Credit and Charge Cards
Last week, I wrote about Credit Cards that are tied to airlines and benefits. This week, we're going to look at the non tied ones. As such there are two major issuers of such card (as MBNA seem to have withdrawn from this end of the market), American Express, and Lloyds TSB). There are other reward programmes such as Barclaycard Freedom which is comparatively complex and will … [Read more...]
