Pay Rise on 1st April 09?

[TMJ]

Originally Posted by BEagle

I used to use a debit card until the bank started charging for its use in other countries,

I believe the Nationwide doesn't charge for overseas debit card use. However, your credit card solution below is better generally.

so now I use an airline Visa card. My income gains interest (not much now, thanks to Incapability '$hit' Brown and the idiot Darling) during the month,

See Best Bank Accounts: Get £100 for switching and 0% overdraft... and Savings Accounts: Earn up to 3.6%, or 4.6% if you're willing to fix.... for ways to maximise that...

then I pay off my monthly bills at the end of the month by automatic direct debit - and the airline also gives me 1 mile for each £ or € spent....

Anyway, the moral is not to spend what you haven't got - so I hope that a reasonable payrise will make things easier for the Armed Forces over the coming months.

If not, the UK Armed Forces Moneysaving forum may be of interest...