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Get mobile with your old phone by swapping it for Airmiles

Posted by Brian | Filed under air, beaches

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Airmiles, those points you collect whenever you use certain branded credit cards can now be collected in another method says This Is Money. According to their report, Airmiles collectors can now build up their points by recycling older, unwanted mobile phones.

As with mobile cash back schemes, the type of phone you are recycling will determine the amount of points you receive. I’ve just upgraded to a new Samsung Jet so out of curiosity valued my old phone, a Samsung u700 and discovered a fully working model would be worth 200 miles. Even some older phones of years gone by, such as the Nokia 3310, Motorola V300 were worth 25 miles – far better than simply gathering dust in the back of a kitchen drawer – for fully working handsets.

Newer handsets, such as the Samsung Tocco Ultra and Nokia 5800 would earn enough points for a free return flight or Eurostar trip to Brussels or Paris..

Research suggests mobile phone users upgrade or replace their handsets every 18 months – the usual length of a mobile phone contract, and the average household has two unused handsets at home.

As many reward credit cards scale back on offered perks, this new facet of the Airmiles scheme is sure to be popular, and collectors of Airmiles with dusty, unused handsets can have them valued via the airmiles website.