mr_moon

I've already done over £40k doing this route with no problems with PayPal.

cysyuen

I would rather make sure this amount of money is safe then handing them to PayPal who may hold it for 180 days.

I never dealt with PayPal this way but I had an account locked with my £200 due to suspious activity...

cysyuen

Can I please kindly ask who still has a method that works for them? Not that I want to copy you but just want to know if it is that hard to MS in the UK

the_real_a

It is absolutely possible to MS in the UK to high levels and there are multiple methods available at present. The advice remains firm posted earlier in the thread that the best way to get started is to review all of the past - closed - methods and look for similar products that are currently available in the market. It is often hard work taking months to find an opportunity.

Unfortunately as you have seen, no one will post something that "works" publicly these days. Having said that, people are inherently lazy - as an example, a method spelt out step by step in 2013 in this thread has been successfully running until as recently as last month. Also note that YMMV - what does not work for one person may be very possible for someone located elsewhere in the country.

TheUrbanite

I've got a few on the go. My focus is now on schemes that generate a profit, with the points being a secondary benefit. I do still dally with routes that incur a fee for the points, but these are not my priority.

I wouldn't say it's hard to MS in the UK. I still regularly discover new methods and open up routes which were previously non-existent. The days of the likes of 3V/NS&I are long gone though. Keep innovating and you will find some decent MS opportunities.

cysyuen

That is an excellent approach in terms of making actual profit. All other methods can die but buy low sell high would not.

In terms of GCs though I have paid £18780 of university tuitions fees by using my Amex BAPP and PRG to shop in Morrison's. As they do 25 bonus points per £1 I eventually got at least 500,000 points, equaling to £500 in store voucher. This did off set the total activation fees of £1296. The funnier thing is that I managed to use those Morrison's More Gift voucher to exchange more GCs using the self checkout machine. Also, this helped me to hit spend bonuses of my cards on top of 30000+ points I earned. Glad to have used the points on HKG-LGW/LCY-EDI with CX/BA in Y for £110 instead of £2459 given I booked on the day.

​​​​​I have my way to MS too but gladly it costs me basically nothing.

palcsaky

Good opportunity at Wilkinson's until tomorrow 12 Oct 17 (they accept Amex)
£50 MasterCard prepaid cards selling at a 15% discount for £45.86
https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/50-...-wilko-2809179

ahopkins767

If I do remember sir, the Post Office's own credit card does such a trick. At least it did when I got mine a few years ago.

the_real_a

Unless you are trying to "fill up" a credit card balance for a 0% offer or need a cheap loan - the exchange rate difference between the post office and the MasterCard/visa rate that you would get from the ATM on arrival puts you at a significant cost disadvantage.

Plenty of zero fee cards that offer ATM cash advances abroad - clarity / barclaycard travel / new tandem card.

cysyuen

May as well use Curve card. 1% ATM fee just like making any other purchases overseas but it is treated as a purchase instead of cash advance.

FlyingMoonwards

Another option would be to apply for the Aqua card. No FX fee and 0.5% cashback (up to £100 pa).

cysyuen

While you are right, applying Curve card won't hurt your credit score and you can choose to pay it with any non-amex cards

luckyjim

Does anyone know where I can buy high value pre-paid cards in the UK? By high-value I mean at least £200 but ideally £400 or more. Amex, Visa or MC, it doesn't matter.

$500 cards are commonplace in the US but I can't seem to find anything over £100 in the UK.

cysyuen

Here in the UK you need to buy it online but it will attract a bit of fees. People here seem not to use prepaid gift cards that much, though I did use 230 of them to pay off my university fees this year.

I recommend you to buy it in Morrison's as you will earn 1 base pont and 25 bonus points per pound spent.

TheUrbanite

Not many that I know of unless buying for corporate purposes. In the UK, it's mostly reloadable prepaid cards on offer, a few of which are designed to hold high values. But not much of what you're looking for I'm afraid.