Airmiles points - best/easiest way to collect them?

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I want to start collecting Airmiles...i believe i can use a credit card or something so everytime i buy things i can Airmiles in return?

Any advice?
 
Credit cards and clubcard etc and if you can stack up on business flights which if you can is the easiest way to gather.

I earn enough through the above to get 2 long haul 1-2 first class round trips a year mainly due to business travel though and being gold on virgin as its 2x points. Tesco clubcard is something like 650 miles per 2.50 virgin miles and 50% free at the moment
 
American Express have a range of fairly good Avios cards.
http://www.britishairways.com/travel/credit-cards/public/en_gb

You want one of the above to receive a companion voucher which makes the points far more usable.

The best way to collect points is to fly, though. To collect enough points to be meaningful you will need to have a large turnover on the card. Despite a large card spend we still collect the vast majority of our points via business class flights as that is where you really earn a reasonable amount.
 
Lloyds tsb avios amex card + tesco clubcard + shell drivers club = points galore!

I earn enough for a flight to europe every year just on normal outgoings.

If you spend over 20,000 pounds a year get the BA credit card as you get a free companion ticket with it.

Remember to pay off the credit card in full every month !

Also you still need to pay flight taxes so its only worth while on european flights and first/business card flights further afield.
 
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I'm using the following:

1) BA Executive Club (OneWorld Alliance / Avios)
2) Lufthansa Miles & More (Star Alliance)
3) BA American Express Credit Card (£150 annual fee, but free "companion ticket" every year if you spend £10k)
4) Tesco Clubcard Points

Let me know if you want a referral for the BA card - we both get bonus points.
 
are the free companion tickets as useless as the Virgin Atlantic ones? on those you have to biy a full price ticket to use the voucher and this usually costs as much as 2 discounted tickets
 
Rotty said:
are the free companion tickets as useless as the Virgin Atlantic ones? on those you have to biy a full price ticket to use the voucher and this usually costs as much as 2 discounted tickets
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The companion voucher you still have to pay the taxes for, but aside from that it's free.
 
Also you get more Airmiles if you use an Amex instead of Lloyds TSB Duo card. Problem is a few places don’t support Amex or charge you a fee to use it. That probably explains why Amex offers more Airmiles.
 
malachi said:
Also you get more Airmiles if you use an Amex instead of Lloyds TSB Duo card. Problem is a few places don’t support Amex or charge you a fee to use it. That probably explains why Amex offers more Airmiles.
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Not quite sure I understand this. The Lloyds TSB "DUO" card is effectively two cards, hence the name. You get an AMEX and a Mastercard so wherever they don't take AMEX you just use the Mastercard. You get a lot more miles on the Amex version of the Lloyds TSB duo however.
 
Rotty said:
are the free companion tickets as useless as the Virgin Atlantic ones? on those you have to biy a full price ticket to use the voucher and this usually costs as much as 2 discounted tickets
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Nope, they literally give you a matching Taxes and Fees only ticket :)
 
kinobestew123 said:
Not quite sure I understand this. The Lloyds TSB "DUO" card is effectively two cards, hence the name. You get an AMEX and a Mastercard so wherever they don't take AMEX you just use the Mastercard. You get a lot more miles on the Amex version of the Lloyds TSB duo however.
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BA Amex : 1 avios per £1
BA Amex Premium + : 1.5 avios per £1
Lloyds Amex : 1 avios per £1
Lloyds Mastercard : 1 avios per £5

So really you want the BA Amex Premium (but IIRC it incurs a fee). Also, you need a minimum household income of £30,000 unlike the Lloyds Duo.
 
Yes, the BA premium card would be nice, i'm not quite on £30k a year yet though unfortunately despite a very good credit rating.

I have the Lloyds TSB duo's (amex and mastercard) and use them enough to have racked up 10,200 points so far. Not massive I know. I also have £15 of tesco clubcard vouchers which would get me another 3,600 points. Not sure if that is worth it though really? Hmm.

I was looking earlier and I can get a one way flight from Marseille to Manchester for 4500 points +£15 "reward flight saver". Does that last bit mean the tax? Doesn't seem too bad.
 
Out of interest, what's the typical number of points to fly to places?

Nevermind, found it:
http://www.britishairways.com/travel/avios-calculator/public/en_gb

BA Amex premium is a massive APR. Guess it adds good concept to paying off your card monthly xD

But earning £30,000 as a requirement, and £3000 in the first 3 months gives you 25k points, and it costs 20k points to fly to New York?! (10k if I'm willing to spend £80 tax and some other bits)

kd
 
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