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2019 Savings
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Some more savings on train tickets £16:50 saved with our Two Together Railcard.
Cash back from TopCashBack
[/LIST]£20:19 for recommending a friend ( they also got £5 )
£12 for the 3 Hearst magazine subscriptions ( see post 8 ) so they only cost me £1 each !!!!
Also Cashback from Complete Savings £45
“Too good to go “ App Saving £9:31
Also wanted to see a series that’s on Sky One, but don’t want to pay for Sky, got a
14 day free trial to Now TV Entertainment Pass & watched the whole series FREE SAVING £7:99 ( Now TV Entertainment Pass monthly fee )
Total for month £231.99
Total for 2019 £1013.710 -
£30 cashback received from topcashback for switching my energy supplier through uSwitch.
£100 cashback from Quidco for my Black Friday deal on my phone contract from Carphone warehouse.
£24:50 cashback for comparing house insurance quotes through topcashbackcompare
savings on train tickets £11:10 saved with our Two Together Railcard
“Too good to go “ App Saving £7
FREEday out at Polesden Lacey (National Trust )with New Zealand Heritage membership -Saving £300 -
Wow! Thats awesome. I can never be bothered to shop around and find the cheapest deal because it hardly seems worth it for a few pound here and there but after seeing the difference it all makes I think I'll give it a go!0
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Got an unexpected result from mis sold ppl £312 refund.
Saved £72.76 by purchasing rail tickets in advance through Trainline ( also get 10% cashback on all Trainline transactions through complete savings.
Haven’t had time to add up all my other savings & Cashback !!!!
Well over £1500 for the year....0 -
Fab. Well done on your PPI and also rail price savings.Aiming for a minimal spend 20220
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Cashback from Complete Savings £24.180
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£85 Cash Incentive for switching current account.
Free MOT from Halfords saving £35- I got this promotion when I bought a 50p car cleaning sponge last year .
Car passed first time no additional charges.
£23:50 Delay Repay 100% refund on delayed train journey ( + 10% cashback received from Complete Savings when purchased tickets from Trainline ;0 -
Got a £1:50 Too Good to Waste Fruit & Veg box from Lidl
It contained :
1x iceberg lettuce (58p)
Button mushrooms 200g (85p)
Closed cup mushrooms 350g (85p)
Stringless Beans 250g (99p)
5 x sweet potatoes (79p)
18 easy peelers (2x 500g ) 2x 95p
Mint ( 33p)
British Blackberries 200 g £1:49
I got this 3 days ago so far have used:
1 pack mushrooms & beans in a risotto ,
2 sweet potato to make wedges
Gave away 1 pack easypeelers to friend for her children.
Made a crumble with the blackberries.
Lettuce in salad today.
All remaining Veg in good condition apart from outer leaves of iceberg lettuce which had to be discarded.
I will be using mint in a couscous salad tomorrow & maybe a mojito ?
A great money saving way to get your 5 a day .0 -
£100 cash incentive for opening a First Direct Current A/c & switching from my old current account.
I opened the Acc online ,
When I received my new bank card, I arranged the switch &
paid in the £1000 ( from my Savings ) .
It took 21 days from opening the Acc to receiving the £100 cash.
I have now recommended my husband so he will be getting £100 & I will get an additional £50 for recommending him.0 -
Cashback from Complete Savings £10:780
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