How to get a free flight upgrade and how to cut credit card costs even if rejected for 0%
The Martin Lewis Podcast
BBC
4.4 • 929 Ratings
🗓️ 15 November 2023
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Martin talks about how to get free flight upgrades and how to cut your credit card interest even if rejected for 0%. He also has tips on how you and a friend can ear £50 each for switching energy providers and the best way your kids can get an 'actual' letter from Santa this Christmas.
02.36 Flight upgrades 05.10 Inflation rate 11.32 More flight upgrades 20.35 Credit card interest rates 36:00 Matin's tips on how you and a friend can make £50 by switching energy companies 37:28 Martin's tips on how your kids can get an 'actual' letter from Santa 39:54 More flight upgrades 44:12 Mastermind: how much interest can your children earn before it is taxable?
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:04.6 | Hello, I'm Martin Lewis, and this is the cunningly named the Martin Lewis podcast. |
| 0:09.0 | I do wonder what that's going to be about. |
| 0:11.4 | Now, usually much of it comes from my BBC Radio 5 live show, this week with Gordon Smart |
| 0:16.0 | standing in for Nihal. |
| 0:17.4 | Smart, eh? Let's see if he lives up to his name in Mastermind. |
| 0:20.7 | Of course, there's also |
| 0:21.4 | bonus money saving tips for you lucky, lucky podcast listeners too. In today's pod, how to get yourself |
| 0:26.7 | a free flight upgrade, how to slash credit card interest costs even if you've been rejected for |
| 0:31.5 | balance transfers. The thing they didn't tell you about the new lower inflation figures. Spoiler, it'll feel higher than they say. |
| 0:39.8 | And quick tips for Shell and Octopus Energy customers |
| 0:43.0 | and free letters from Santa. |
| 0:45.4 | Ho, ho, ho. Play the theme tune. |
| 0:51.0 | I got meals. |
| 0:53.7 | I got to pay. So I've got to look at a bit. Indeed, it's a split major So I want to, first of all, we're going to be looking at flight. So I want to, I believe. What are we going to look at? Indeed, it's a split major today. |
| 1:12.3 | So I want to, first of all, we're going to be looking at flight upgrades. |
| 1:16.0 | Is it true? |
| 1:16.9 | Can you actually get a free flight upgrade when you fly? |
| 1:20.0 | And if you do, what are the best ways to improve your chances? |
| 1:23.6 | That is also the subject of the tellers today. |
| 1:26.3 | So I'm not just going to be giving you my tips, I'm going to be giving you people's practical |
| 1:30.0 | stories of when it happened and often when it didn't happen. |
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