Non Amex Airmile rewards card ?

elstimpo

Hi,

I have a BA Amex card that i use for everything i can to earn BA Miles (as i use BA a lot). However Amex is frequently not accepted and i have to use another card. I currently have a Flybe Mastercard so that i can earn points for free flights to europe with them. I have managed to accumulate quite a lot, but when you try and redeem them, it's far too hard and i haven't been able to find one flight in the past 12 months i can redeem for points. So it's completely pointless.

So my question is, with the exception of Amex cards and the Flybe card, what other options are there for earning airmiles with credit cards?

Any help or comments would be appreciated.

Chris

dazza.mk

Lloyds Airmiles Duo?

Get an Amex & Mastercard linked to the same account
1 Mile per £10 on Amex
1 Mile per £50 on Mastercard
(excluding any opening offers)

Mastercard rate is relatively pathetic, but it all goes into 1 pot for redemption, you have the advantage you can redeem for flights or other services via airmiles travel agency (1,500 Airmiles = 1 return flight from London to Spain/Italy area if you aren't famililar - price is all inclusive)

elstimpo

dazza.mk wrote: »

Lloyds Airmiles Duo?

Get an Amex & Mastercard linked to the same account
1 Mile per £10 on Amex
1 Mile per £50 on Mastercard
(excluding any opening offers)

Mastercard rate is relatively pathetic, but it all goes into 1 pot for redemption, you have the advantage you can redeem for flights or other services via airmiles travel agency (1,500 Airmiles = 1 return flight from London to Spain/Italy area if you aren't famililar - price is all inclusive)

So to get a return flight to Italy or Spain at 1500 airmiles and 1 mile per £50, i need to spend £75k ???????? :shocked:

That just isn't worth the bother. I fly to Faro 3 or 4 times per year, might see if there is an Easyjet or Monarch card.

catflea

Just FYI. Easyjet now accept nectar points to pay for flights. (500 points = £2.50 paid - same rate as sainsburys)

dazza.mk

elstimpo wrote: »

So to get a return flight to Italy or Spain at 1500 airmiles and 1 mile per £50, i need to spend £75k ???????? :shocked:

That just isn't worth the bother. I fly to Faro 3 or 4 times per year, might see if there is an Easyjet or Monarch card.

Ummmmm I was somehow presuming you would use the Airmiles Amex some of the time??? (given you currently use the BA Amex)

The redemption rates between the 2 are comparable

Airmiles Amex = 1 mile per £10
BA Miles Amex= 1 mile per £1 BUT you need x10 miles for the destination (+ pay taxes and charges). - ie Spain with Airmiles = 1,500 Airmiles (all inclusive) or 15,000 BA Miles (+Taxes and charges) . Theoretically both could be on the same flight.

Mastercard redemption rates for Airmiles are rubbish (ie your FlyBe one isn't great given you have to pay taxes and charges.

Note before anyone replies above is based purely on redemption value, if you can get the BA Miles 2 for 1 voucher , or earn BA Miles through other spend it is a completely different ball game.

Roger1

If you are looking for a card for BA Miles, you could take a look at Tesco credit cards. New applicants get a MasterCard. Since Tesco revamped their points scheme last year, earnings aren't great though when converted to BA Miles, they could top up your BA AmEx earnings.

IIRC, new applicants get 1 Tesco Clubpoint per £4 spent on the card. 250 points can be exchanged for 500 BA Miles (or 50 Airmiles). If you spend at Tesco stores, you also currently get 2 Tesco points per £ (1 per £2 for fuel at Tesco garages).

Important note: '1 point per £4' needs explaining. Rather than allocating points based on a month's total spend, they only award points per transaction in complete amounts of £4 per transaction.

This means that spend of £3.99 earns precisely 0 points, £4 1 point, £7.99 1 point, £8 2 points etc.

IMO it's only worthwhile for shoppers who use Tesco for shopping and who treat the Tesco credit card as an extra. I wouldn't use it as a main card.