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HOW TO GET A CHEAP FLIGHT. New Article The web's a speedy flight-finding powertool, but did you know there are three types of site, each best suited for something different. Special Briefing. Find A Cheap Flight Related Articles. Package Holidays, Flight Upgrades, Overseas Spending.
£125 FREE CASH LOOPHOLE(ish) FOR YOU AND A FRIEND. Pact to gain! Alliance & Leicester's offering £50 to existing customers who recommend it & £50 to the new joiner (plus £25 bonus for online joiners). It's the best buy anyway (5% in-credit interest, 0% overdraft & free travel insurance) so this is a cracking offer. Non-A&L customers should team up; one joins then recommends the other. The link's bottom right of the A&L Current Account* page and then view the bottom right link. Full account review in the Best Current Account article.
GRADUATED IN THE LAST THREE YEARS? New Article. It's a common misconception that students must keep the same account when they graduate. Both new graduates and those who've left Uni in the last two years can switch to the best graduate account, and doing it can save (or make) you up to £400. Article. Best Graduate Account. Coming Soon: Top student accounts..
GET THE NEW HARRY POTTER BOOK FREE. Providing you're called Harry Potter!
BARGEPOLE WARNING: HALIFAX'S NEW 12 MONTH 0% CARD! Halifax has launched a 12 mth 0% card for purchases & balance transfers (debt shifted from other cards) yet its balance transfer adds a fee of 2% of what you move (max £50). You're much better off using one of the three top no-fee cards which are View/apply: Virgin*, Natwest*, RBS* Read Best Balance Transfers, Best Card For Purchases.
ARE YOU PAYING THE RIGHT PRICE FOR HOUSEHOLD WORK? It's a nightmare question, so I've set up a new chat forum board allowing MoneySavers to ask other consumers and possibly tradesmen whether they think the quote's fair. Current discussions include Plastering, Consumer Unit Fitting and Repointing a House.Related Article. Plumbing Q&A.
Windows media player streamed: Broadband /Dial-Up Download:Broadband / Dial-Up (Discuss what's said). |
BARCLAYCARD DROPS NECTAR: AMEX LAUNCHES IT! Barclaycard stops awarding Nectar points for spending on 31 Aug (but existing points won't disappear). No real loss as it was a pitiful payer (0.27%) compared to up to 2% (£2 per £100 spent) with the top cashback cards: Amex Platinum* for higher spenders or Amex Blue* for others (details. Best Cashback Cards). Meanwhile Amex's new Nectar card will be available from Sept. Read about its pros (and mostly) cons.
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GREAT "PRICE PROMISE PLUS" HUNT I hate price promises, yet this hunt is for those with added kick, the “find it cheaper and we'll refund more than the difference” variety. MoneySavers can then buy there, when they know it's cheaper elsewhere, for the added discount. Find out why I hate price promises and Add your find/read others Past Great Hunts What Shops Don't Want Us To Know, Ways To Cut Back, Disguised Own Brands.
Reminder. Top instant access clean savings. Article
Reminder. Find the cheapest gas & elec plus £10 cash back energyhelpline* or read article
Reminder. Save money on your hols A great beach read
ATM VISIBLE CHARGES. On 1 July the Link (ATM network) rules changed so all machines (including those in shops) must now indicate if they charge on screen BEFORE you insert your card. Read what to do if you spot a non-compliant machine and More info.
53 MPs NOW SUPPORTING NOT IN FRONT OF THE KIDS. Over 34,000 people have now signed the petition against secured debt ads on kid's TV (if you haven't do it here) and 53 MPs have signed the Early Day Motion (view it) yet the TV channels' reaction is pitiful so far. Please get more people to sign up.
(Also see Daily Bargains Updates and Chat Tips GOLD)
- BT cutting prices? If you've caller display you must see this
- TGI Fridays: Two meals for the price of one
- Boots New Parents Club Free Gifts and Offers
- Buy sausages, get £25 Superbike tickets
- 2-course Loch Fyne meal incl wine £10 per person
- Half-price reusable nappies Do you know where they're cheaper?
- Old Style (Frugal) Board Thread of the Week: Get heavy furniture dents out of your carpet
- See who won Post of the Month for June
- Nominate Post of the Month for July
GREAT HUNT RESULT: Last week's challenge was to tell others your Cosmetics Cost Cutting Tips. Amongst the ideas were Cheaper cosmetic websites, Buy at Wholesalers and Don't use haemorrhoid cream on the eyes!
LAST WEEK'S E-MAIL REVISITED. It seems the site threw a wobbly after the email was sent last week. If you clicked and struggled, it's all working now. Read it again.
Reminder. Cheaper or even free travel insurance Read Article
Reminder. Slice the cost of using a mobile abroad Mobile Roaming
Updated Article. Madasafish has increased its usage allowance Best Broadband Article
More Kenco Coffee Pods, Outdoor Ashtray, Art Programme Download
Hugo Energise, Bumps & Babies Magazine
MARTIN'S MUSINGS. (''It's not the number but how you use them"), 'Pointless behaviour"' and ''Sex, Drugs and Drink are easy, but where do you get breakfast?" Blog.
MARTIN'S MONEY POSER. Not solved yet. Find the link between these two numbers 7,560,000 and 7,200,000? (I've added another clue) Answer/see others' ideas. Past Money Posers. What's the next number?, A common question, Caesar's solution.
SPLIT THE BILL POLL. How do you split the bill when eating out? Vote or discuss. Also, see last week's Kiss a company Poll results.
That's it for this week. Before I go, though, I received this e-mail at my desk the other day, while the sun was shining, the birds were singing, and MoneySaving Towers wasn't air-conditioned. I Love My Job?.
Please remember to recommend this email to get more charity 50p's in the coffers.
I hope you save some money
Martin
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