MSE News: Fraudsters con holidaymakers out of £2.2 million: Protect yourself

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ABTA, police and the Government have joined forces to urge caution when booking holidays online...

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Fraudsters con holidaymakers out of £2.2 million: Protect yourself




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Pincher

Let's see.


Apply for a 5% cash back credit card, and use that deal to pay for the holiday, and pay the 2% credit card supplement.
Ideally, it's also on a 0% Purchase deal, for say a year.


Finally, use the remaining balance for a 0% Balance Transfer deal, say 3 years for 3%.


Hopefully, the 5% cash back means that you pay back the holiday over four years, and you have paid nothing extra.

HappyBunny

If the fraudsters have just hijacked the website but changed the bank details, then the only one of the points to check that will apply is to pay be credit card.

KTF

Pincher wrote: »

Apply for a 5% cash back

Which one offers 5% at the moment?

Pincher

KTF wrote: »

Which one offers 5% at the moment?

https://www.americanexpress.com/uk/content/platinum-cashback-credit-card/


https://www.americanexpress.com/uk/content/platinum-cashback-everyday-credit-card/


Fee or no Fee.
Three months to spend £2,500/£2,000


I was expecting to spend in Costco, which takes Amex for no surcharge, but I still get 2% Executive Member cash back. So 7% cashback! Well, there is the annual fee, though.


Not much to buy around December, so ended up using it for one holiday, plus a week skiing (big discount). As it turns out, both packages had an ATOL certificate.