Originally Posted by
orbitmic
The "funny" thing is that up to a couple of years ago when qualification thresholds were lower in continental Europe than in the UK, people were fearing that some people who were really UK resident would become 'Euro cheats' (hate the word) by pretending to be resident in another European country, now that the thresholds are the same everywhere but there are multiple advantages in being registered in the UK (Gold line, 24 hour phone line, BA Amex card with GUF2, transfer of tescos points into avios and more) people might start fearing that people will become 'British cheats' (I will equally hate the word), pretending to be/still be UK residents when they are in fact based abroad!
You jest... but as someone who splits time between Spain and the UK (when not on TP run!), I have every intention of becoming a "Brit cheat" once the grandfathering of threshold levels finally comes to an end.
As you say, avoiding Bremen's appalling service and earning via Tesco is well worth having a shiny card sent to a UK address rather than a foreign one...