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Egg money credit card

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  • lisyloo wrote: »
    Are you sure?
    Perhaps your council takes cards, but I don't think many councils do, to be honest.
    But you are right, a lot of people will spend £200 a month on household food alone and most people use petrol or a train ticket.

    Cashback isn't as good as it used to be unfortunately.
    I've got an AMEX card and I've put family and business spending on it.
    Also paid hotel/meal bookings when out as a group.
    Had no problem racking it up, when putting other people's spending on it as well.


    OK - I am sure that my Council will accept payments on credit cards. Apologies if this is not universal. Nevertheless, I still pay - just for me, and I'm very careful about spending - £200 plus monthly on my Egg card, and then there are the extras - new glasses going on this month are over £200, and so on.

    Lisyloo, you need to have an income of more than £30,000 (if I remember correctly) for Amex. The average wage is below this.
    Jen
  • lisyloo
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    Yes, you're correct.
    Sadly the availability of cashback offers has reduced.
  • Only to break even. If you're spending under about £4000 a year, something like a 0.5% cashback card works out better. I'm ditching my Egg Money for a Barclaycard Cashback.

    You'll have need to have done that last month. No longer offered on their website sadly.
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