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Old Nov 26, 2011 | 10:22 am
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Originally Posted by chatfm
For UK based people, also worth considering that it possible to earn miles on many *A programmes via the SPG Amex credit card - this applies for a lot of programmes that do not have a UK based card and that are not part of Amex rewards. SPG transfers can be made to NZ, ANA, OZ, M&M, SQ, TG, UA, US among others.

Plus at present they are offering a 20K points sign up bonus, which translates to 25K miles in most programmes (5K bonus if you transfer 20K miles)!

Does this change any minds as to choice of programme?
Thanks very much for this fantastic tip! This widens the scope surely!
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