Card Type: Visa and American Express
Charge Card Issuer: MBNA
Sign-Up Bonus: 35,000 AAdvantage Miles
Spending Requirement: £5,000 in the first 180 days (to earn highest sign up bonus)
Annual Fee: £0
Points-Earning Ability:
- Earn 1.5 AAdvantage miles for every £1 spent on American Express card
- Earn 1.5 AAdvantage miles for every £2 spent on VISA card
Cash-Back: There is no cashback available for this card
Additional Benefits:
- Get 0% interest on card purchases on all American Airlines and British Airways flight bookings for 12 months from the date your account is opened, booked via AA.com
- 0% interest on balance transfers for up to 6 months from the date your account is opened. The balance needs to be transferred within the first 90 days of opening your account (2% handling fee)
- 0% interest on money transfers from your credit card to your current account for up to 6 months from the date your account is opened (2% handling fee)
- Receive exclusive rates to redeem AAdvantage miles for car hire and hotel stays
- Sign up bonus not available if currently holds or has held any other Membership Rewards enrolled American Express Cards in the past 6 months.
- Household income requirement £20,000
Review:
With this offer, you will earn 5,000 American Airlines AAdvantage bonus miles when you make your first card purchase within the first 90 days of opening your account. You will earn 10,000 bonus miles after you make a minimum card spend of £1,500 within 90 days of the account being opened and a further 20,000 bonus miles if you make a minimum card spend of £5,000 within 180 days of the account opening. You must apply for the MBNA / AAdvantage credit card account by 31 May 2013 to be eligible for this offer. There is no annual fee.
So, what does 35,000 AAdvantage miles get you?
American Airlines Partner Awards Chart
You’ll want to avoid British Airways and Iberia because of the additional taxes and charges that we are familiar with through the Avios program, especially since intra-European flights on AAdvantage are ridiculously more expensive than the Reward Saver available through Avios.
HeadforPoints has a good evaluation of American Airlines miles from the British/European perspective.
There are certainly sweet spots within the American Airlines AAdvantage program, such as flights to Russia, Middle East and India, and with the points earned through this credit card you should be able to book at least a one-way award to be combined with an Avios one-way back to the UK.
Since the card has no annual fee the only question is whether you’ll be able to meet the £5,000 spending requirement.As this is a dual credit card with a VISA card element this should not be as difficult as just an American Express card. You can also take advantage of the new VISA prepaid debit card loophole to pay bills that don’t accept VISA credit cards.
The conclusion is quite simple. This is an amazing offer, probably the best UK credit card sign up offer for a free card ever!
Offer ends 31 May 2013! So act now!
35,000 Bonus Miles with the MBNA / AAdvantage Credit Card
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