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Old Aug 10, 2013 | 7:41 am
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Originally Posted by nux
As stated, 2.5% is for one month only, otherwise it is 1.25% cash back. So £35k spent averaged over 12 months would be just under £500 cash back.
Still just around enough to pay for the YQ on a shorter longhaul sector!

Originally Posted by 710 77345
I effectively removed YQ/APD from awards by getting a job. The money I receive covers the tax portion of awards, with change left over.

Surely you would not object to saving money?! The point is that frequent flyers can, rather than earning Avios through directing flight spend onto a BA Amex, can earn cash on the Amex Plat and Avios from their flights, combining the two to earn a genuinely free reward flight.

Originally Posted by Poxball
Think you can see the correlation between frequent flyer programmes and the invention of the computer spreadsheet (if you know what I'm saying)
No idea what you are saying. Please explain.
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