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Discover LudwigThe phrase "affinity card" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to refer to a type of loyalty or membership card that offers benefits or rewards to customers based on their preferences or spending habits.
Example: "I signed up for the store's affinity card to earn points on my purchases and receive exclusive discounts."
Alternatives: "loyalty card" or "membership card".
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affinity card
noun
A credit card made available by a bank or other lender to qualified people associated with a sponsoring organization (such as a club, educational institution, charity, or business), typically with provision for a portion of the lender's interest income to be paid to the sponsor and sometimes providing special benefits (such as reduced fees) for the users.
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What we're seeing now is a wild scramble for airline affinity card market share even as consumer faith in frequent-flier programs is diminishing.
One offer that caught my attention recently wasn't from an affinity card, but from American Express in an unusual new partnership with US Airways.
And 11 had alumni associations that offered an "affinity card" -- a credit card that carries the logo of the university and pays rebates to the institution based on cardholder spending.
Yes, they say, the shares will reach 9.6p, but they continue to worry about "many banks and retail brands [scaling] down their plans to roll out new credit card and affinity card offerings over the next 12 months as they reassess consumers' appetite for new financial products".
MBNA has been buying lots of small credit card portfolios and affinity card businesses this year.
They put all their purchases on an affinity card that helped them collect miles and maintain their good standing with Mileage Plus.
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Affinity cards are credit cards with an organisation's logo on them.
More than 1,000 colleges and universities now offer such affinity cards; MBNA, the largest provider, says three million alumni of 700 schools carry its cards.
So why the frantic hustling for so-called airline affinity cards — that is, credit cards that are issued by banks in branding partnerships with various airlines?
Standard & Poor's predicted that MBNA, an aggressive marketer of affinity cards, those aligned with clubs or organizations, would sign up more groups and grow through acquisitions, much as it did in August when it bought First Union's $5.5 billion credit card portfolio.
Son, David, current chief executive, branding Simon name through affinity cards, big marketing campaign.
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