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Old Aug 12, 2010 | 3:23 am
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Brobbel
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Originally Posted by mmdpkaaa
Hi guys what a great forum! This is my first post here and was hoping for some help. I am from the UK and am wishing to start collecting airmiles/be part of a good FF program. I travel around 4 times per year to either the US or middle east mainly.

At present I am a member of the Flying Blue KLM program - only have appox 8k miles and ivory status. In recent years i have tender to fly mostly with KLM as their prices are most competitive.
Is there a good credit card which anyone can recommend to accrue miles?
Which is the best FF program overall?lso is it possible for me in the UK to get a KLM credit card to help build up miles?

any help based on UK experiences generally will be much appreciated.

Many thanks.

If you really want a Flying Blue earning creditcard, you have 3 choices:
- if you have a Dutch bankaccount, you can get the Dutch cobranded Amex card
- if you have a French bankaccount, you can get the French cobranded Amex card
- if you pay much in CHF, you can get the Swiss cobranded Mastercard

But if you don't have those bankaccounts you don't have the first two choices and if you pay regularly in other currencies as CHF (like EUR or GBP) you don't want to use the third card.
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