Credit Cards

Back when the world wasn’t in lockdown, borders weren’t closed and my idea of a holiday wasn’t a day sunbathing in the back garden, I waxed lyrical about the benefits of airmile reward credit cards. In normal circumstances, when planes fly a regular schedule and we do not need to …

UPDATED post: Many people taking their first baby steps towards collecting airmiles make the mistake of opting for the free BA AMEX card. This card is officially known as the British Airways American Express Credit Card. In this post, I explain why this is a seriously bad idea. The British …

Despite airport lounge, air miles credit cards are still the best way to earn tons of AVIOS in the UK. The problem is that there are lots of credit cards with air miles and some are considerably better than others. Dare I say it, but some UK air miles credit cards …

No pain, no gain with the American Express Platinum card Ok, I have to admit a £575 annual credit card is eye-watering. There is no way of avoiding the fee if you opt for the American Express Platinum. Sadly, unlike the American Express Gold card, there is no free pass …

One of my pet peeves, when I travel, is the often outrageous foreign transaction fees levied by my credit card company. Those fees can often seem excessive for the simple (electronic, I might add!) process of converting my spend into Sterling. There is however a raft of cards which offer …