Lloyds Avios credit cards
May 4, 2012, 8:17 am
#1666
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I'd look at that as "it might be £150rtn on BA, but I can get to the same place on Ryanair for £50 rtn".
Long haul still seems the best bet for me. No way I'd ever pay the mega money BA asks for F.
May 4, 2012, 8:58 am
#1667
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May 4, 2012, 9:45 am
#1668
Join Date: Sep 2004
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Had no problems with my Lloyds Avios card. Application went through fine, all bonus points appeared (except for the transactions that never hit my 3rd statement in time), never had reason to phone up and complain about anything - however this has just appeared on my account:
PROMOTION FEE REFUND 03 May 12 25.00 CR
Any ideas?
PROMOTION FEE REFUND 03 May 12 25.00 CR
Any ideas?
May 4, 2012, 10:12 am
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Had no problems with my Lloyds Avios card. Application went through fine, all bonus points appeared (except for the transactions that never hit my 3rd statement in time), never had reason to phone up and complain about anything - however this has just appeared on my account:
PROMOTION FEE REFUND 03 May 12 25.00 CR
Any ideas?
PROMOTION FEE REFUND 03 May 12 25.00 CR
Any ideas?
Sweet, it looks like they have put you on the Lloyds direct promotion as well as the Avios.com promotion.
Expect another 10,000 bonus points to hit your 4th statement.
May 4, 2012, 1:25 pm
#1670
Join Date: Jul 2002
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Can someone please confirm to me how many miles are earned?
1. On the Amex Card
2. On the Mastercard
And the bonus is only on the Amex card, 10x for GBP & 25x for foreign currency?
I've searched through this thread but head is spinning.
It's all went well for me, cards came through quickly with a £5k limit middle of April.
I've not got my statement yet but a healthy 80k almost has just posted to my Avios account. ^
2. On the Mastercard
And the bonus is only on the Amex card, 10x for GBP & 25x for foreign currency?
I've searched through this thread but head is spinning.
It's all went well for me, cards came through quickly with a £5k limit middle of April.
I've not got my statement yet but a healthy 80k almost has just posted to my Avios account. ^
May 4, 2012, 1:33 pm
#1671
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1. On the Amex Card
2. On the Mastercard
And the bonus is only on the Amex card, 10x for GBP & 25x for foreign currency?
I've searched through this thread but head is spinning.
It's all went well for me, cards came through quickly with a £5k limit middle of April.
I've not got my statement yet but a healthy 80k almost has just posted to my Avios account. ^
2. On the Mastercard
And the bonus is only on the Amex card, 10x for GBP & 25x for foreign currency?
I've searched through this thread but head is spinning.
It's all went well for me, cards came through quickly with a £5k limit middle of April.
I've not got my statement yet but a healthy 80k almost has just posted to my Avios account. ^
The bonus is 9x the base spend on the Amex. This is effectively 25 Avios per £ on foreign spend (the bonus isn't bigger, but the base miles are more).
Not sure offhand on the mastercard, 1 Avios per £5 I think, so not worth using as no bonus either.
May 4, 2012, 1:47 pm
#1672
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Thanks, just did a quick spreadsheet and mine look spot on.
May 4, 2012, 5:26 pm
#1673
Join Date: Jun 2004
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Apparently my dad (who also received the 10k) received a letter saying that it was an apology for all the problems and compensation
May 4, 2012, 7:45 pm
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Has anyone raised with them transactions not posting until after the 3 months but having been made within the 3 months? No-one seems to have reported doing so but I think it's a valid argument.
I need to call up about what determines the start of the 3 month period as my application was about 3 weeks before my annual fee hit my account and I didn't receive my card until 5 days after that.
I need to call up about what determines the start of the 3 month period as my application was about 3 weeks before my annual fee hit my account and I didn't receive my card until 5 days after that.
May 5, 2012, 12:34 am
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Has anyone raised with them transactions not posting until after the 3 months but having been made within the 3 months? No-one seems to have reported doing so but I think it's a valid argument.
I need to call up about what determines the start of the 3 month period as my application was about 3 weeks before my annual fee hit my account and I didn't receive my card until 5 days after that.
I need to call up about what determines the start of the 3 month period as my application was about 3 weeks before my annual fee hit my account and I didn't receive my card until 5 days after that.
May 5, 2012, 2:43 am
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Join Date: Sep 2004
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Has anyone raised with them transactions not posting until after the 3 months but having been made within the 3 months? No-one seems to have reported doing so but I think it's a valid argument.
I need to call up about what determines the start of the 3 month period as my application was about 3 weeks before my annual fee hit my account and I didn't receive my card until 5 days after that.
I need to call up about what determines the start of the 3 month period as my application was about 3 weeks before my annual fee hit my account and I didn't receive my card until 5 days after that.
May 5, 2012, 6:37 am
#1677
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I was told start date is when account was opened which was 5 days before (incl a weekend) I received the card.
May 5, 2012, 6:45 am
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I'm going to assume any transactions that fell within my first 3 statements dates should have earned the bonus. I have about 7,000 Avios worth of transactions that were entered after the 3rd statement, but all took place before it closed. I will write a letter after the 4th statement posts and ask for the missing miles.
May 5, 2012, 7:29 am
#1679
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I applied on 17 Jan, and my statement dates are the 16th of each month - so that seems to tie in with the promotion period starting on the day I applied (or a day or so later).
May 5, 2012, 12:16 pm
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The Waitrose thing
Deleted - no more spoonfeeding, sorry 
Last edited by PanGalactic; May 10, 2012 at 12:52 pm