MSE News: Goldfish credit card rewards to be cut

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"Goldfish credit card customers have less than a month to cash in their points before their rewards are slashed in half ..."
"Goldfish credit card customers have less than a month to cash in their points before their rewards are slashed in half ..."
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Goldfish credit card rewards to be cut
Goldfish credit card rewards to be cut
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I will still be looking around for an alternative.
Not that it is much of a problem for me. The only use my Goldfish card gets is my very small 18866 phone bill every couple of months.
I find the best value in the cinema vouchers. They also make nice presents! Looks like I'll be going to the cinema a lot over the next few months then, which is good! Used in conjunction with the restaurant vouchers via this site, it can be a very enjoyable and cheap night out.
It also looks like I need a new credit card, with decent rewards?
It works in Internet Explorer. I wasted about an hour before I remembered.
I also think that the devaluation is very dodgy and will have to lose value on over 1000 points.:(
Funny thing is, I had a Barclaycard years ago and cut it up and sent it back when they started charging an annual fee (now dropped). I got a National Provincial card, which was taken over by LV, then by Goldfish, and then by Barclaycard. Never did like them much! Will review my options again now.
I'm looking into a Partnership credit card (John Lewis) as I usually get John Lewis vouchers with my points anyway (and spend in Waitrose) I think they give points - not sure what they redeem at though. They may of course, be just as bad as Goldfish is now!
My last DD for the Goldfish card is up next month and as soon as my new CC is up and running i shall be cancelling Goldfish.
The points used to be really good some time ago but the current offering is pants. There don`t seem to be any really good rewards out there anymore.
I`ve chosen the Co-op members card to replace it which pays dividends twice per year based on spends, had to join as a member first then apply for the CC, cashback is a penny to a pound for co-op spends and a penny per £2 everywhere else. The more i`ve read on the site the more i like their way of doing things so fingers crossed that i`ve made a good choice.
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Partnership give 1 point for every £1 spent in John Lewis, Waitrose and Ocado, and 1 point for every £2 spent everywhere else. You get a £10 John Lewis voucher for every 1000 points. The vouchers are sent out automatically 3 or 4 times a year. They do have expiry date on them though, which the ones from Goldfish don't have.
So currently they are not as good as Goldfish for spending anywhere other than in their stores but they will be better after 1st August. I am planning to use my Partnership for all my transactions as soon as I have enough points on Goldfish to get another voucher.