Landround Share Discussion Threads

[cockneyrebel] 04/6/2004 10:58

Blimey - that's two bits of news in 3 minutes!

And still the market sleeps!

CR

[cockneyrebel] 04/6/2004 10:56

They'd have kept this to gloss up the results if the results were dull wouldn't they!?

CR


RNS Number:4243Z
Landround Plc
04 June 2004
June 4 2004
Morgan Stanley buy and fly! MasterCard launched
buy and fly!, the points based travel reward programme operated by AIM listed
promotions specialist Landround plc, has partnered with Morgan Stanley to
announce the launch of the Morgan Stanley buy and fly! MasterCard.
The credit card, which is a significant development to the buy and fly!
programme, enables customers to collect buy and fly! points whenever and
wherever they spend making it even easier to gain rewards. buy and fly! points
may be redeemed for free travel, including flights with 17 of the world's
leading airlines, villa holidays, cruises, hotel breaks and excursions on the
Orient-Express.
For every #10 spent on the Morgan Stanley buy and fly! MasterCard, customers are
rewarded with one buy and fly! point, making it one of the most attractive, yet
simple, reward to spend ratios available on the market. As few as 10 buy and
fly! points are needed to achieve a reward and collectors have the opportunity
to 'double dip', collecting points more quickly by using their Morgan Stanley
buy and fly! MasterCard to pay for goods from other buy and fly! collection
partners including RAC, Odeon Cinemas and OK! Magazine.
It is inevitable that comparisons will be drawn with similar schemes such as the
NatWest AirMiles credit card. However the Morgan Stanley buy and fly! MasterCard
has several advantages- principally less credit card spend is required for the
same destinations, making travel more achievable.
There are also clear differences from Nectar, Barclaycard's reward scheme. A
Nectar customer must spend #14,000 at non-partner outlets on their Barclaycard
to take a family of four to Chessington theme park in the UK. The same spend on
a Morgan Stanley buy and fly! MasterCard would reward the same family plus
guests with a seven-night villa holiday in Florida, with points left over for a
couple of romantic weekend hotel breaks.
David Lyne, Chief Executive of Landround plc comments,
"The Morgan Stanley buy and fly! MasterCard provides the opportunity to collect
points on every card purchase thus strengthening the buy and fly! programme in
line with our core goal of offering valuable, achievable rewards to collectors.
The partnership between buy and fly! and Morgan Stanley will augment the current
buy and fly! offering and provide a platform for future growth of the buy and
fly! travel reward programme."
"Morgan Stanley believes that the only way to build a longstanding relationship
with customers in the competitive credit card sector is to tangibly reward their
loyalty. We believe that the buy and fly! programme will prove popular with
customers, as unlike some credit card reward schemes on the market, the rewards
are achievable, with points that are easy to collect and simple to redeem" says
Jeannine Farhi, Managing Director, Morgan Stanley's Consumer Banking Group.
Table One: buy and fly! Reward Scheme Compared
Credit card spend * required for ticket to... Morgan Stanley NatWest Barclaycard
buy and fly! MasterCard Air Miles with Nectar
Paris #3,900 #8,800 #12,000
New York #25,000 #109,600 #154,000
Sydney #120,000 #337,600 #409,000
Correct at 21st May 2004
Assumes departure date July 2004
*All comparisons exclude spend at collection partners
For further information on buy and fly! visit www.buyandfly.com
To apply for a Morgan Stanley buy and fly! MasterCard visit
www.morganstanley.com/cards
Ends
Notes to Editors
For further information or to request an interview with David Lyne please
contact Faye Scullion on 01244 221100 or [e-mail]
For further information on the Morgan Stanley buy and fly! MasterCard, please
contact Emma Harvey on 020 7425 9367 or [e-mail]
buy and fly!
* buy and fly! is the points based travel reward programme operated by
Landround plc, the UK's leading travel promotions specialist, and the only
one listed on the stock exchange.
* buy and fly! features 17 of the world's leading airlines; American
Airlines, bmi, Air Canada, Cathay Pacific, Aer Lingus, Continental Airlines,
Delta, Icelandair, flybe, KLM, Monarch Scheduled, Alitalia, Singapore
Airlines, Swiss, Virgin Express, TAP Air Portugal and Air France.
* To be added to the email distribution list for all forthcoming buy and
fly! news, please email [e-mail]
* The buy and fly! programme operates in both the UK and Ireland.
* Further information can be found at www.buyandfly.com
Morgan Stanley
* To apply for a Morgan Stanley buy and fly! MasterCard, or to find out more
information about Morgan Stanley Consumer Banking, visit
www.morganstanley.com/cards
* Cardholders can check the number of points they have earned by logging on
to the buy and fly! website, telephoning buy and fly! or by checking their
Morgan Stanley buy and fly! MasterCard statement.
* The Morgan Stanley credit card also offers other travel-related benefits
and services including 24/7 customer service support and global travel
accident insurance.
* To be added to the email distribution list for all forthcoming Morgan
Stanley credit card stories, please email [e-mail] or
[e-mail]
* Morgan Stanley is a global financial services firm and a market leader in
securities, investment management and credit services. With more than 600
offices in 27 countries, Morgan Stanley connects people, ideas and capital
to help clients achieve their financial aspirations.
* Morgan Stanley is one of the world's largest providers of credit cards
with more than 50 million cardholders globally, mainly in the US through the
Discover Card issued on the Discover network. The Morgan Stanley Card was
launched in the UK in September 1999.
MasterCard International
MasterCard International is a leading global payments solutions company that
provides a broad variety of innovative services in support of our global
members' credit, deposit access, electronic cash, business-to-business and
related payment programs. MasterCard International manages a family of
well-known, widely accepted payment card brands including MasterCard(R) ,
Maestro(R) and Cirrus(R) and serves financial institutions, consumers and
businesses in over 210 countries and territories. The MasterCard award-winning
Priceless(R) advertising campaign is now seen in 96 countries and in 47
languages, giving the MasterCard brand a truly global reach and scope.
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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[frisbyd] 04/6/2004 10:28

Sorry prefab, can't get any information from the website of ladbrokes, guess you have to have an account, which I used to have but thats one of the few that I dont have now, so cant help you mate, be in touch later on.

[frisbyd] 04/6/2004 09:19

Will look into it later on prefab.

[prefab] 04/6/2004 08:53

Proper stamp eh! No expense spared.

Got some casino software sent to me from Ladbrokes the other day which included free flight offers, same operators as LDR use (have yet to get on Ladbroke site to check the small print, it usually says who's running the offer in the small print). Perhaps Fris would be kind enough to check it out or else I will tonight.

[cambium] 04/6/2004 08:50

I got my postcard from M.S today inviting me to collect Buy and Fly points. The postcard had a picture of New York on it with a proper stamp. I like it!

[prefab] 04/6/2004 08:34

Morning all, I expect to see a bit more blue today on fairly thin volume, only 4 days until results. Place your bets the odds are fairly stacked in your favour at this price.

[wilmot] 03/6/2004 19:17

Cheers Prefab - I picked up £4k's worth at 328p. Well happy! Will offset my losses on TDM!

[frisbyd] 03/6/2004 15:32

Now stop it you fellows, I'm coming over all excited, havent done that with a share for a while, lets hope our loyalty will be rewarded with an increased interim divi as well as fly n buy points.

[rivaldo] 03/6/2004 15:31

B.gger! I'd built up a few of these and was hoping to get some more at bargain prices. Might still do so by selling something - as per CR and others above, LDR moves so dramatically there could be a quick 25%-30% to be made.

[cockneyrebel] 03/6/2004 15:28

Maximum impact from the results imo.

If you'd put out a statement just two months ago saying "I continue to look forward to the outcome for this year with confidence" we'd have had a warning if there were nasties imo.

Could be one hell of a surprise to the upside here imo.

CR

[prefab] 03/6/2004 15:23

Stick my neck out and say atleast 400p before next thursday. They're keeping their cards very close to their chest though.

[tompeck] 03/6/2004 15:22

Nice little tick up. More to come before the 10th, I guess. And plenty more afterwards.

[frisbyd] 03/6/2004 15:19

Roger prefab, ok and good luck with it havent made up my mind yet, have had Ivory lane,Island Swing, and Gold hill prince so far this arvo, still going strong I hope.

[prefab] 03/6/2004 15:16

No mate up visiting my mum. Backed NouNou, small stakes.

[frisbyd] 03/6/2004 15:15

you on skype prefab?

[prefab] 03/6/2004 15:11

Looks like I got back in from the bookies just in time to see that, let's see what kind of speculation it attracts.

[cockneyrebel] 03/6/2004 15:10

Well, the results date has attracted a few buyers - and so it jolly well should!

Looking forward to them

CR

[heidigynne] 01/6/2004 17:19

prefab;- post 1006, para. 1, sentence 2.

As a MS cardholder, just phoned customer services and indeed it is possible to migrate from their gold or plat. card to B+F.

H.

[davewheelershed] 01/6/2004 14:55

Cheers CR! Fingers crossed, not in the slightest bit concerned about LDR, compared with some of other more ropy holdings...

Dave

[cockneyrebel] 01/6/2004 14:53

They normally post a results date a week ahead of the results so perhaps tomorrow or Thursday.

CR

[prefab] 01/6/2004 14:52

Howardi, There may be an option to switch cards for those who don't hold gold or platinum. Not an MS card holder so impossible to say. Cheers CR for the update, they said 1st week june to me last week but it wasn't concrete.

[davewheelershed] 01/6/2004 14:45

Nice one CR - Dont suppose you got wind of them releasing RNS to this ends did you?

Dave