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British Airways cabin crew member Amy Hart will appear on Love Island

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There is a British Airways cabin crew member on Love Island ….

We are probably barking up the wrong tree here in terms of what appeals to the HfP readership, but if you tune into Love Island on ITV next week you will see a Gatwick-based British Airways Customer Service Manager featured.

(EDIT: it seems that she may have left BA to do this, although Love Island talks about her crew role in the present tense.)

British Airways Amy Hart Love Island

26 year old Amy Hart, pictured below, is one of the new contestants trying to find love for the next two months.  You are more likely to recognise her from the photo below than the one above.

Given the shenanigans that happen on Love Island I’m sure the British Airways PR team are keen to keep this quiet, although they may be fighting a losing battle.

Amy has already told the tabloids about accompanying Piers Morgan on a flight and her Instagram feed includes a link to her agent ….

If you’re desperate to keep up (and I know you are) Love Island starts Monday at 9pm on ITV.


How to earn Avios from UK credit cards

How to earn Avios from UK credit cards (April 2025)

As a reminder, there are various ways of earning Avios points from UK credit cards.  Many cards also have generous sign-up bonuses!

In February 2022, Barclaycard launched two exciting new Barclaycard Avios Mastercard cards with a bonus of up to 25,000 Avios. You can apply here.

You qualify for the bonus on these cards even if you have a British Airways American Express card:

Barclaycard Avios Plus card

Barclaycard Avios Plus Mastercard

Get 25,000 Avios for signing up and an upgrade voucher at £10,000 Read our full review

Barclaycard Avios card

Barclaycard Avios Mastercard

Get 5,000 Avios for signing up and an upgrade voucher at £20,000 Read our full review

There are two official British Airways American Express cards with attractive sign-up bonuses:

British Airways American Express Premium Plus

30,000 Avios and the famous annual 2-4-1 voucher Read our full review

British Airways American Express

5,000 Avios for signing up and an Economy 2-4-1 voucher for spending £15,000 Read our full review

You can also get generous sign-up bonuses by applying for American Express cards which earn Membership Rewards points. These points convert at 1:1 into Avios.

American Express Preferred Rewards Gold

Your best beginner’s card – 30,000 points, FREE for a year & four airport lounge passes Read our full review

The Platinum Card from American Express

80,000 bonus points and great travel benefits – for a large fee Read our full review

Run your own business?

We recommend Capital on Tap for limited companies. You earn 1 Avios per £1 which is impressive for a Visa card, and the standard card is FREE. Capital on Tap cards also have no FX fees.

Capital on Tap Visa

NO annual fee, NO FX fees and points worth 1 Avios per £1 Read our full review

Capital on Tap Pro Visa

10,500 points (=10,500 Avios) plus good benefits Read our full review

There is also a British Airways American Express card for small businesses:

British Airways American Express Accelerating Business

30,000 Avios sign-up bonus – plus annual bonuses of up to 30,000 Avios Read our full review

There are also generous bonuses on the two American Express Business cards, with the points converting at 1:1 into Avios. These cards are open to sole traders as well as limited companies.

American Express Business Platinum

50,000 points when you sign-up and an annual £200 Amex Travel credit Read our full review

American Express Business Gold

20,000 points sign-up bonus and FREE for a year Read our full review

Click here to read our detailed summary of all UK credit cards which earn Avios. This includes both personal and small business cards.

Comments (157)

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  • BJ says:

    OT: What number should we call for Hilton Honors from the UK. TIA.

    • John says:

      If Diamond – skype +18774449847, it’s free, but to pass security your postcode needs to be 5 digits as per US zipcodes. I use 00000 and my actual postcode is in the City field of my profile.

  • Liam says:

    OT — What’s the consensus on the best way of spending abroad now that the Lloyds Amex/Mastercard combo has bitten the dust? I currently have a Curve (free account), with a Virgin Atlantic Mastercard as the underlying card, and a Revolut.

    • Ding Dong says:

      if you want points then use Curve if your not bothered then use a fx free card

      • Michael says:

        You’ll pay 1% on curve foreign exchange at weekends so earning the points cancels itself out.

    • Waddle says:

      Load tour Revolut with your Virgin card earning points then use Revolut during the week to exchange to your desired currency when the rate is good to secure best exchange then. spend that newly-exchanged money. Or if the rate is good during your trip, use Curve backed by your Virgin card during the week and the already-exchanged cash on your Revolut during the weekend.

  • Lady London says:

    Hum. Question for the blokes here : which one of the two photos above would you rather go out with?

    • Daniel says:

      Definitely a crude, perhaps unrequired question….

      But 100% the second one. Not a doubt in my mind.

    • the_real_a says:

      Second one no doubt…

    • Mike says:

      Lady London – Second one. I live in the North – I couldn’t date a girl in a bikini – she’d freeze to death !!

    • Shoestring says:

      obvs the second one, hard to believe it’s the same girl

      innocent, young & pleasant vs trash

      is that what Love Island ends up doing to people? turns them into prostitutes overnight?

      good job I wouldn’t watch that junk

      • Cat says:

        Now, now Shoestring, it’s 2019. If a young lady wants to wear a bikini and makeup, she should be able to do so without being called a prostitute

      • Lady London says:

        I suppose second one could be from 5 years or so ago, perhaps when just starting out as cabin crew?

    • Ding Dong says:

      Number 2 for the day and Number 1 for the night!

    • Lumma says:

      I worked with a girl who went on love island later, when we worked together I always thought she was one of the most beautiful women I ever met.

      Her social media photos these days I don’t even find remotely attractive

  • Optimus Prime says:

    OT – Revolut has updated its iPhone app and now it works with Apple Pay.

    • Chas says:

      Brilliant OP – thanks. I tried a few days ago and it didn’t work, so I wouldn’t have tried again for quite some time. I now have a points earning non-Amex alternative for Apple Pay 😎

  • DEE says:

    Not sure if anyone has already commented on this but if you go via google flights BA are undercutting Etihad for the same Dates with outbound flights to the end of August…..I got BA club world returns yesterday for £1,139. Also some dates for the Maldives with Etihad are pricing up on their site at £1,611!

  • Michael says:

    OT: Where have all the clubcard promotions gone? There is literally nothing these days.

  • Anna says:

    Therapist in the Elemis spa just told me they are trialling paid treatments at £10 for 15 minutes, apparently it’s going down like the proverbial lead balloon!

    • Jill (Kinkell) says:

      Well, there’s a surprise. I’ve twice managed to book treatments, and found they are a bit cursory- wasn’t expecting much and was therefore not disappointed! Didn’t bother on last trip.
      How was your trip to the spa?

      • Anna says:

        You don’t get much done in15 minutes but it was a nice refreshing mini facial between flights. OH got samples, I didn’t!

        Just boarded and the cabin crew knew it was my birthday. I actually like 2A very much, I can talk to my OH when I need to be it feels very spacious because of the aisle width between us. Sadly neither of the pax in row 1 turned out to be Mick Fleetwood 😂

        • Kipto says:

          Good job otherwise there wouldn’t be any champagne left for you 🤔

    • Alex W says:

      I got one and they tried to fob me off with an aggressive massage chair. Felt like I’d been assaulted!

      • Mark2 says:

        +1 I had to ask them to stop it. t felt like it would rip off m calf muscles.

  • Shoestring says:

    I thinik AMEX25OFF is back again – just got offered it on my Amz purchase – I won’t be eligible as I used it before

    £40 of sold by Amazon items, use some Amex MR points as part-payment & the rest on your Gold/ Green/ Plat charge card

    • Nick M says:

      Typical… bought an expensive item the other day, £25 off would have take the sting out of it!

    • Craig says:

      How long does it take for points to appear as an option when you add the card?

      • Stu N says:

        Should be instant.

        Code isn’t working for me though, even on “sold by amazon” items.

        • rams1981 says:

          Not working for me either

          • Shoestring says:

            OK sorry but was worth mentioning in passing?

            I’ve once had £25 credit awarded by Chat when this promotion was offered to me but failed to complete, maybe that is also worth mentioning

            Amz Chat people seem to have a lot of leeway with compo

      • Craig says:

        Completely forgot that you have to enrol the card, not working for me though.

    • MoJack says:

      How did you get offered it if youre not eligible…?

      • Shoestring says:

        When I went to checkout, it popped up as a promotion

        I did actually try to use it by adding some items to go over £40 but computer sez no as I expected

        got 2 of these for £15 each (less my 15% Amazon discount of course) Oral-B Pro 600 CrossAction Electric Toothbrush = c.£13, should be useful as spares

        • Shoestring says:

          you can sell the power leads for £10 very easily – only so many power leads a family of 5 needs! – making the toothbrush £3

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