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Originally Posted by Paul
Exactly, and neither is it "Brexit".
Just becasue that means they can, doesnt mean they must, its still a Visa decision.
As do I - I've had one for quite a while now.
Not exactly.
You get 3 points per £2 spent on Amazon if you have Prime.
You get 1.5 points per £2 spent on Amazon if you dont have Prime.
You get 0.5 points per £2 when you use it elsewhere.
You get a £10 voucher credited to your amazon account for every 1000 points.
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It adds up quite a lot, I get vouchers credited most months with buying more online, all for just buying what you'd normally do.
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Originally Posted by Chris
Wrong. Do we believe Martin Lewis speculating, or a BBC reporter who has asked both parties directly and received a consistent answer from both?
It’s simple really.
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Well, who knows really?
To be honest I wouldn't trust any of them. If Visa is taking advantage of a cap on fees which doesn't apply now the UK is no longer an EU member, and is increasing the fees past this amount, then that
is an effect of Brexit whether direct or not as without Brexit they wouldn't have been able to increase the fees to that amount.
Whether Amazon then decided to call out Visa for their fees (I think MC have done the same thing though...) and block the cards isn't anything to do with Brexit, even though Brexit might have caused the increase in fees to begin with.
The BBC reporter may have been in full knowledge of the underlying picture but might have been under orders not to blame too much on Brexit or Covid due to the recent things which have reported as such and causes mass panic, for example, and Martin Lewis might just be basically making an educated guess. We don't know who actually knows what or who has been told what they should or shouldn't be saying.
I do - thinking about this a bit more - wonder if this is just a subtle method to push their own card (which I've had for years and is definitely worth having) by basically saying, we're stopping VC, but you can sign up for our MC here...