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How your everyday credit card spending could help pay for your next holiday

Many credit cards offer reward points that can be exchanged for air miles. If you can pay off the balance every month, these cards are a good place to start racking up air miles.




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Spent a bit too much for Christmas! Switch cards to clear Xmas debt

Yesterday the Mail reported that nine million people will start the New Year owing between £2,000 and £10,000. A further five million owe more than £10,000.




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More borrowers expected take out loans after overdraft hikes

TSB is looking at launching a range of short-term loans aimed at families who regularly dip into their overdraft. TSB customers can currently borrow between £7,500 and £50,000.




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Loqbox claims to improve your credit rating by saving every month

Having a good credit score is vital when it comes to being accepted to borrow and getting the best rate. A new tool claims to be help improve your credit history by saving instead of spending.




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New Amex card offers enough points to get a free return flight to Greece or Marrakesh

The new Preferred Rewards Gold credit card offers Membership Rewards points when you spend which can be exchange for the same value with 12 airline schemes.




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Best credit cards for cashback, airmiles and points from work expenses

Travel a lot for work? We have crunched the numbers to help you choose the most lucrative credit card offering air miles, reward points and cashback to use for work expenses




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Isle of Wight ferry U-turn on 70p extra cash fee to drive to Ryde Pier

Ferry passengers incur the charge if they want to be dropped off or picked up by car, or park for the ferry at the end of the half-mile pier.




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Amex launches new credit card with Vitality offering 3% cashback back to stay active

American Express and Vitality have launched a new cashback credit card with a difference. The more exercise you do, the more you earn - up to an eye-catching 3 per cent. But is it any good?




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Equifax put my twin sister's bad debt on my credit report

Laura Heaps, 36, was denied a mortgage after her advisor said she had a default on her credit file. However, rating agency Equifax had mistakenly put her twin sister's historic debt on her report.




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Five expert tips on how to get out of debt in 2020

If you are someone who is looking to start the new year by paying off more of their debt, This is Money and its personal finance experts are here to help.




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Can I get 10,000 Amex points without paying the £140 membership fee?

I have triggered a 10,000 point bonus for spending £15,000 on the card - but it says I can't get them until August 2020 and only if I renew. However, I don't want to pay the £140 annual fee for renewing.




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GEORGE NIXON: Could handing out more debt make our finances even worse?

The UK economy is built on spending, often fuelled by debt - credit cards, personal loans, car finance. We don't want to shrink it, only keep it manageable; and keep the Jenga tower from falling.




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Balance transfer mix-up left my £3,500 bill on both credit cards

Neil Seagrave, 35, from Dorset, tried to transfer his credit card balance to HSBC at the start of March before his zero-interest term with Sainsbury's Bank expired, but this was not resolved until April.




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Amex charged me a foreign exchange fee on my holiday refund

Banks and credit card providers may levy fees on refunds as well as purchases, meaning a double whammy of charges on trips hit by coronavirus.




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Amex credit card customers given more time to spend for bonus points

Newcomers to American Express now have more time to rack up points bonuses for their credit card spending, with the card provider doubling the length of some of its welcome offers.




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RACHEL RICKARD STRAUS: I'm glad the tax freeze pledge goes

A government needs to be able to be nimble, to cut spending where necessary and to raise money should it require.




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The six phone calls you can’t afford not to make

Here are around six phone calls every year that almost every household needs to make if they don’t want their outgoings to suddenly balloon.




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RACHEL RICKARD STRAUS: Here's how we can simplify tax

Party manifestos are not exactly known for their jokes. But as I trawled through them all over the past few days there were two lines that at least made me snigger.




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RACHEL RICKARD STRAUS: It's time to maximise our impact as investors

As consumers we endlessly battle to reduce our impact: take the train instead of driving, decline plastic straws, eat free range. As investors we can maximise our impact, using our cash to do good.




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The electric car salary sacrifice tax break that can save you 40%

The little-known salary sacrifice tax break for electric cars combined with a new zero rate benefit-in-kind rate could be a game-changer for green motoring.




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Pension tax relief cuts would be another bad intergenerational deal

Moves such as cutting higher rate tax relief are often depicted as hitting the wealthy older generation, but that's disingenuous.




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Halifax hiked my home insurance by 29% but couldn't tell me why

Halifax's renewals team are not blessed with the ability to explain why you are being asked for an extra £59, so I made a complaint and this is what happened next.




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Will Rishi Sunak be brave enough to get rid of the UK's 60p tax rate?

The top rate of income tax is officially 45p, yet the removal of the personal allowance means the real top rate is effectively 60p - and those who pay it are not Britain's top earners.




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I'd back an investment trust over fixing a cash Isa for 7 years at 1.65%

Whenever I see such rates I feel compelled to ask: 'Why if you have money that you don't need for seven years would you not invest it for a better return?'




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Joe Exotic's ex is UNRECOGNISABLE in bonus Tiger King episode

The former spouse of the show's incarcerated antagonist showcased an incredible makeover, as he displayed his new dentures




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Hannah Gadsby announces the release of her second Netflix comedy special Douglas 

Hannah Gadsby became a global sensation after the release of her 2018 Netflix comedy special Nanette.




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Group of Aussies recreate version of I Saw A Tiger from popular Netflix series Tiger King

The three friends recreated an Australian version of the popular song from Netflix docoseries Tiger King.




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The little-known easy hack that allows you to stream Netflix on hotel televisions

An Australian man currently living in 14-day quarantine has shared an ingenious hack for streaming Netflix and YouTube on a hotel TV, and it only requires two pieces of technology.




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The 10 most popular movies and shows on Netflix Australia right now

Viewers still can't get enough of the bizarre underworld of big cat breeding in Tiger King, along with supernatural thriller Code 8 and feel-good comedy Love Wedding Repeat.




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Tiger King star Joe Exotic is in talks with US broadcaster to host his own radio show from prison

The former GW Exotic Animal Park owner, 57, was recently moved to a Texas prison after being convicted in April 2019 of 17 accounts of animal abuse and conspiring to kill Carole Baskin, 58




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Joe Exotic's husband Dillon says his partner was 'excited' by Donald Trump's support

Joe Exotic's latest husband Dillon Passage has revealed that his partner felt 'excited' after President Trump said he will 'look' at pardoning his prison sentence.




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Twitter goes wild for Unorthodox star Amit Rahav as Yanky Shapiro

Twitter has gone wild for rising star Amit Rahav after he shot to fame playing Yanky Shapiro in Netflix series Unorthodox. 




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Queer Eye star Antoni Porowski's sexually 'fluid' dating life has inspired new Netflix rom-com

Porowski has developed the story, called Girls And Boys, alongside Black-ish creator Kenya Barris, according to The Hollywood Reporter.




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Netflix users targeted by cybercriminals since COVID outbreak 

US cyber security company BrandShield says it has discovered more than 600 fake web domains containing the word 'Netflix' that try to scam users by taking their payment details.




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Ben Affleck's girlfriend Ana de Armas shares dirty blonde on-set snap of herself in Netflix's Sergio

Her new movie Sergio starts streaming this Friday on Netflix .




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Netflix is now worth more than Disney as the streaming giant cashes in on coronavirus lockdowns

U.S. streaming giant Netflix saw its share value climb to an all-time-high on Wednesday as more people around the world subscribe to the service as coronavirus lockdowns continue to keep people in.




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Netflix's Too Hot To Handle Aussie star Harry Jowsey previously on ANOTHER reality TV show

Netflix recently dropped a trailer for their newest dating reality series, Too Hot to Handle - launching Friday, April 17 at 5pm.




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Kelly Osbourne engages in VERY flirty exchange with Unorthodox star Amit Rahav

Kelly Osbourne engaged in a very flirty and playful exchange with Unorthodox star Amit Rahav on Instagram on Thursday, joking: 'I think I'm pregnant and it's yours.'  




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Ricky Gervais 'boosts his companies' earnings by £2 million after huge Netflix deal for After Life'

The comedian, 58, gave himself a '£1.5 million cash windfall' after he secured a huge deal for a second series of the dark comedy, which is set for release on April 24.




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Chris Hemsworth says action scenes in Netflix film Extraction were the most intense of his career

Hollywood actor Chris Hemsworth has described the action scenes in his latest Netflix film Extraction as some of the most intense and physically demanding of his entire career.




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Netflix Too Hot to Handle was inspired by racy SEINFELD episode

Show developer Laura Gibson has revealed that she was first inspired to create the addictive new series after re-visiting the classic Seinfeld episode "The Contest" three years ago.




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Too Hot To Handle EXCLUSIVE: Harry Jowsey takes a swipe at co-star Kelz Dyke after THAT shower scene

Too Hot To Handle's Francesca Farago and Kelechi 'Kelz' Dyke shared the only NUDE scene of Netflix's newest dating series. And Harry Jowsey has revealed how he reacted to the racy tryst.




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Unorthodox star Shira Haas video calls her Holocaust-survivor grandmother

Unorthodox star Shira Haas shared a picture of her family's video call to her grandmother on Holocaust Remembrance Day. 




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Netflix's Too Hot To Handle cast who already had their five minutes of fame revealed

The new Netflix smash-hit Too Hot to Handle, which features a number of faces who have already had their brush with some level of fame.




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Chloe Madeley and James Haskell share their love for Netflix phenomenon Tiger King

The seven-part documentary charting the rise and spectacular fall of zoo owner Joe Exotic has been a distraction for Brits as they adapt to lockdown laws put in place to halt the spread of COVID-19.




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Tracey Cox tells why forbidding sex could revitalise your relationship 

Sex expert Tracey Cox reveals why forbidding sex could actually help your relationship and says a ban on intercourse could make it more appealing to both you and your partner in the long run.




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Louis Theroux says Joe Exotic told HIM that he thought Carol Baskin had fed her ex husband to tigers

Speaking to Zoe Ball on the Radio 2 Breakfast Show, Theroux said that Joe Exotic, star of Netflix series Tiger King, had told him he thought arch rival, Carole Baskin, had killed her former husband.




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The Last Dance on Netflix Australia shows Michael Jordan was selfish, mean and a bore off the court

Michael Jordan is a bore. Not with a basketball in his hands obviously. On the court he was arguably the most exciting, brilliant, exhilarating player of all time.




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Netflix will raise $1 billion for new shows as customer projections have doubled

Netflix will raise $1 billion for new shows and has most programs for 2020, and much of 2021, filmed, plus is working on more than 200 projects, says Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos.




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Netflix CEO Reed Hastings received $38 MILLION in 2019 as company reports spike in subscriptions

Netflix co-founder and CEO Reed Hastings saw his pay package increase by 16 per cent to a total of $38 million in 2019, including $37.4 million in options awards, according to a a new SEC filing.