I've spoken a few times to various people at lloyds and the bonus points are supposed to post the same day as the statement points, However. It does appear that the early account were not set up via avios they were activated as lloyds account and thus have not been receiving the bonus avios.

This could be the reason that the link was deactivated for a few days. I have now been added to the list of people who are waiting for their points to be re-calculated. I will be calling every couple of days to see where they are as I'm currently out of pocket to the tune of over 110,000 avios! with nearly 2 months spending yet to go.