Thursday, 11 June 2009

Cashback on Flying!

We all hate ponying up cash for things in life. But what if we could money from a click?

We all know about referrals from site to site - generating revenue for the adveriser. Well cashback sites give you that cash...back (hence the name - cashback... rather simples really)

Here's a quick look in terms of AIRLINES in what you could get from companies if going through a site like QuidCo, GreasyPalm, rPoints, TopCashback, CashbackKings, etc*

* I've only included 3 I've had time to research today.


Site
QuidCo
Top Cashback
Cashback Kings
Air France
1.20%
Up to 2%
Up to 2%
Air New Zealand
1%
1.5% - 2.25%
-
BMI
4.50%
-
2.50%
Cathy Pacific
1.30%
1.30%
1.50%
Eithad
£12
£12
-
Emirates
1.50%
1.25%
1.25%
Flybe
1%
-
1%
KLM
£9
Up to £5
Up to £5
Lufthansa
2%
2%
-
Qantas
2%
2%
-
Qatar
1%
1%
-
SAS
2%
1%
-
Singapore
1%
1%
-
SWISS
£5.50
£5.00 to £5.50
£5.00
Virgin Atlantic
2%
1.5% to 2.5%
1%



Things to remember:
  • You don't get cashback instantly in most cases!
  • Some sites may collect a fee from your first transactions or may charge a yearly fee.... or may even charge you for joining
  • Some sites may take a cut of your cashback
  • Sometimes if the transaction doesn't track, you'll have to chase after it
  • And sometimes - it won't be approved!

Yes - it's a right old minefield - but if used correctly, it'll save a few pennies on the next filight or two. And lots of pennies make a happy bank manager. Or a bailout fund. Whichever is more in keeping of the moment

Notes - provided links are NON Referring - i.e. I don't make a bean from you clicking. Also that this data was seen on 11/06 and probably has changed pretty soon after then.

No comments:

Post a Comment