Etihad Guest Credit Card Account for UK Residents
Oct 1, 2013, 7:06 am
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Manchester, UK
Programs: EY Silver, BA Silver, EK paper, BOAC Junior Jet Club
Posts: 151
Etihad Guest Credit Card Account for UK Residents
At last a decent means of earning Guest Miles in UK.
http://www.etihadairways.com/sites/E...edit-card.aspx
I received an unsolicited application form in the post yesterday, which also says "plus you can take advantage of 17,000 bonus Etihad Guest Miles if you spend £1,500 within the first 90 days of account opening ..... you must apply by by 31st October to be eligible for the additional 12,000 miles".
Signed up today by phone. The MBNA rep explained that a total £1,750 spend gets 5,000 + 12,000 miles in the first 90 days. This extra offer is not on Etihadairways.com and might be invitation only.
http://www.etihadairways.com/sites/E...edit-card.aspx
Introducing the Etihad Guest Credit Card Account – where a trip to the supermarket can lead to a super trip of your dreams.
Earn miles with every pound you spend
The Etihad Guest Credit Card Account is designed to accelerate your earning capacity by giving you two cards, an Etihad Guest American Express® Credit Card from MBNA and an Etihad Guest Visa Credit Card. They work seamlessly together – conveniently packaged into one account, with one PIN, one statement, one monthly payment and the flexibility to manage your account online 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Start earning with the following benefits:
• 1.5 Etihad Guest Miles for every £1 you spend on card purchases with your Etihad Guest American Express® Credit Card
• 1.5 Etihad Guest Miles for every £2 you spend on card purchases with your Etihad Guest Visa Credit Card
• Welcome bonus of 5,000 Etihad Guest Miles when you spend £250 within the first 90 days of account opening
• Fast track to Etihad Guest Silver Tier upon the completion of one paid for return flight with Etihad Airways in the first year of account opening
• Double Etihad Guest Miles on Etihad Airways operated flights taken in Pearl Business Class during the first three months of account opening
• Triple Etihad Guest Miles on Etihad Airways operated flights taken in Diamond First Class during the first three months of account opening
• No annual fee.
Earn miles with every pound you spend
The Etihad Guest Credit Card Account is designed to accelerate your earning capacity by giving you two cards, an Etihad Guest American Express® Credit Card from MBNA and an Etihad Guest Visa Credit Card. They work seamlessly together – conveniently packaged into one account, with one PIN, one statement, one monthly payment and the flexibility to manage your account online 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Start earning with the following benefits:
• 1.5 Etihad Guest Miles for every £1 you spend on card purchases with your Etihad Guest American Express® Credit Card
• 1.5 Etihad Guest Miles for every £2 you spend on card purchases with your Etihad Guest Visa Credit Card
• Welcome bonus of 5,000 Etihad Guest Miles when you spend £250 within the first 90 days of account opening
• Fast track to Etihad Guest Silver Tier upon the completion of one paid for return flight with Etihad Airways in the first year of account opening
• Double Etihad Guest Miles on Etihad Airways operated flights taken in Pearl Business Class during the first three months of account opening
• Triple Etihad Guest Miles on Etihad Airways operated flights taken in Diamond First Class during the first three months of account opening
• No annual fee.
Signed up today by phone. The MBNA rep explained that a total £1,750 spend gets 5,000 + 12,000 miles in the first 90 days. This extra offer is not on Etihadairways.com and might be invitation only.
May 29, 2018, 7:50 am
#5
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: UK
Programs: Etihad Gold, Qatar Gold, flying Blue, Falcon, Lufthansa, Eva
Posts: 1,428
You beat me to it obviously your post arrives earlier than mine. Only reason I got this card was for the air miles but as now an Ex Etihad user was going to ditch it anyway. Guess this is just another example of Etihad cuts or is it part of MBNA cutting back
May 29, 2018, 3:56 pm
#6
Join Date: Feb 2017
Posts: 335
Was hoping they would keep it out until next year, so bit of a shame. Still, it's done me well until now - at least I can confirm my move away from Etihad now
May 30, 2018, 6:07 am
#8
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 9,307
May 30, 2018, 10:26 pm
#10
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE
Programs: EY Plat, Accor Plat
Posts: 426
ADCB cards actually aren't that great compared to Citi cards here for earning potential. They dont reduce the earned points on everyday spend like bills and groceries and fuel. plus have the highest point per Dh on spend conversion.
https://www.citibank.ae/uae/consumer...ZPQ==AbCdEfGhI
https://www.citibank.ae/uae/consumer...ZPQ==AbCdEfGhI
May 30, 2018, 11:04 pm
#11
Join Date: May 2018
Programs: Qatar Airways, Etihad Guest, Emirates Skywards, Discovery Hotels, Bonvoy
Posts: 24
The EYG FAB card has the highest rewards points earning potential for Etihad and they don't reduce the earn rate on any spend categories either. You can actually earn up to 3.7 miles per $ with the FAB Infinite card while on the Citi prestige the max is 3 miles per $.
Also the fast track to Gold tier, tier miles earn and the 75% off redemption voucher make this a pretty strong contender in the UAE!
Also the fast track to Gold tier, tier miles earn and the 75% off redemption voucher make this a pretty strong contender in the UAE!
May 30, 2018, 11:57 pm
#12
Join Date: Oct 2016
Programs: Etihad Guest Platinum
Posts: 289
Although FAB card has good benefits, and great sign up bonus at the moment, their customer service is totally appalling. It took me 6 months to get my bonus miles credited last year, I still have a complaint ongoing about the abysmal customer service. If you like bad service worth a punt... ADCB and FAB also accrue tier miles on purchases and balance transfers.
The EYG FAB card has the highest rewards points earning potential for Etihad and they don't reduce the earn rate on any spend categories either. You can actually earn up to 3.7 miles per $ with the FAB Infinite card while on the Citi prestige the max is 3 miles per $.
Also the fast track to Gold tier, tier miles earn and the 75% off redemption voucher make this a pretty strong contender in the UAE!
Also the fast track to Gold tier, tier miles earn and the 75% off redemption voucher make this a pretty strong contender in the UAE!
May 31, 2018, 1:10 am
#13
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE
Programs: EY Plat, Accor Plat
Posts: 426
Although FAB card has good benefits, and great sign up bonus at the moment, their customer service is totally appalling. It took me 6 months to get my bonus miles credited last year, I still have a complaint ongoing about the abysmal customer service. If you like bad service worth a punt... ADCB and FAB also accrue tier miles on purchases and balance transfers.
May 31, 2018, 1:18 am
#14
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE
Programs: EY Plat, Accor Plat
Posts: 426
The EYG FAB card has the highest rewards points earning potential for Etihad and they don't reduce the earn rate on any spend categories either. You can actually earn up to 3.7 miles per $ with the FAB Infinite card while on the Citi prestige the max is 3 miles per $.
Also the fast track to Gold tier, tier miles earn and the 75% off redemption voucher make this a pretty strong contender in the UAE!
Also the fast track to Gold tier, tier miles earn and the 75% off redemption voucher make this a pretty strong contender in the UAE!
https://www.bankfab.ae/campaign/etihad-promotion <-- info.. Ouch
10 AED is $2.72, 6 points per 10 AED for international spend makes that 2.2 points per $.
Last edited by kelix; May 31, 2018 at 1:42 am