Open and competitive UKAs the UK leaves the EU, it is vital that the world knows the UK is open for business and attractive to international visitors. At the Spring Statement is was announced that:from June 2019, citizens of the US, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Japan, Singapore and South Korea...

I doubt it has anything to do with the Commonwealth, more likely these governments have existing citizen data-sharing agreements with the UK?

The modest annual fee is somewhat appealing as a low spend secondary card to mop up where AMEX isn't accepted. I have no desire throwing $300 on the Platinum card just to get an extra 0.25 domestic point earn a couple of unneeded digital lounge passes.

The biometric passport is a universal standard. I'm pretty sure the SmartGate system could read and process most departing ePassports regardless of origin. Probably the reason why the "incoming" SmartGate isn't widely supported for most nationalities is political rather than techincal. As I...

I'd imagine they would be open to the same nationalities who can use them for entry?