Flybe's new credit card 'best in class'

Flybe, Europe’s largest regional airline, recently launched its Spend & Fly credit card on which cardholders need only charge 1p within the first 12 months to qualify for one free return flight anywhere on Flybe’s 162-route network, the most generous benefit of any of the low cost carrier sector cards currently available.

Not only this, but the Flybe credit card is also the only one low cost card of its type that concurrently accrues frequent flier points as part of Flybe’s loyalty programme, Rewards4all. There is no other credit card that collects points faster towards free flights throughout Europe for the simple reason that Flybe points are not weighted as they are with other low cost carrier cards.

Flybe cardholders receive points at the same rate whether they are using it for general High Street purchases or buying Flybe flights. With Flybe, there is no discrimination. With other low cost carrier cards, consumers receive less points when using the card for High Street purchases – no contest! When spending on the UK High Street, users of Flybe’s card need charge only £4 000 to qualify for a free return flight which knocks spots off the equivalent £6 000 spend required by the Easyjet’s credit card.

Features like this make Flybe’s Spend & Fly card the undoubted Best in Class and card of choice for budget-conscious consumers who also love to travel.

Says Mike Rutter, Chief Commercial Officer, Flybe: “The Flybe MasterCard is our latest product innovation which directly benefits our customers, adds value to the company as a whole and defines our intention to continue pioneering industry innovation we have in other areas. No other airline can rival us in terms of both sign up benefits and the generosity of our ongoing spend programme. These factors, combined with our frequent flyer rewards, are together proving a very strong differentiator with real consumer benefits in what is a crowded market.

“We are constantly looking for ways to grow the Flybe brand and directly respond to customer needs. Our new credit card does exactly this by adding value to our existing customer service offering and setting us apart from other low cost carriers.”