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What credit card should I link with my paypal to earn air miles?

Tomlake
Tomlake Posts: 1 Newbie
in Credit cards
I run an online business buying and selling and I want to link an American Express card to my PayPal account to earn air miles. I have read online that this is a bad idea because when you make purchases with you Amex card it's pays using dollars, then converts it back into pounds so you loose money via the currency exchange. Or something like that.

Could someone advise if it's worth linking an American Express to my PayPal? Will I end up paying more for items or will it just pay using sterling and I won't incurr any extra charges?

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 35,383 Forumite
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    Tomlake wrote: »
    Or something like that.

    Nothing like that.

    Link your Amex if it's your preferred option.
  • Marchitiello
    Marchitiello Posts: 1,320 Forumite
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    There used to be an issue many years ago with Amex linked to PayPal when you bought something in a foreign currency. Now you have the option to select if you want PayPal to do the exchange or the credit card
  • tastyhog
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    Marchitiello wrote: »
    There used to be an issue many years ago with Amex linked to PayPal when you bought something in a foreign currency. Now you have the option to select if you want PayPal to do the exchange or the credit card

    but paypal exchange rates are notoriously bad and may outstrip any benefit of the air mile points.
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