Lloyds Avios credit cards
Mar 4, 2012, 3:36 pm
#826
Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 59
I wish these were availiable in the US, I'm addicted to Avios!
Mar 5, 2012, 2:50 am
#827
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There's a Visa Signature card issued by Chase that has a 100K Avios intro bonus... *ducks*
Mar 5, 2012, 3:33 pm
#829
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: UK. BAEC AAdvantage
Programs: Mucci Des Oeufs Brouilles et des Canards
Posts: 3,671
Purchases not showing up.
How long are you finding it takes for purchases to post? Not the Avios, but the actuall purchase to show on Lloydstsb.com?
I bought a BA flight on Wednesday night - had to prepay as it was over my tiny limit, and it still isn't showing up online! I've actually got trasnactions done the day after showing, but not the BA flight.
I know the flight is ok as I have a PRN and its showing up in MMB - and I've checked I have used the Lloyds card and not another one there. I'm wondering if it doesn't post just to let it be. Shame I didn't book J if that's the case!!
I bought a BA flight on Wednesday night - had to prepay as it was over my tiny limit, and it still isn't showing up online! I've actually got trasnactions done the day after showing, but not the BA flight.
I know the flight is ok as I have a PRN and its showing up in MMB - and I've checked I have used the Lloyds card and not another one there. I'm wondering if it doesn't post just to let it be. Shame I didn't book J if that's the case!!
Mar 5, 2012, 3:34 pm
#830
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: NJ, USA
Posts: 470
How long are you finding it takes for purchases to post? Not the Avios, but the actuall purchase to show on Lloydstsb.com?
I bought a BA flight on Wednesday night - had to prepay as it was over my tiny limit, and it still isn't showing up online! I've actually got trasnactions done the day after showing, but not the BA flight.
I know the flight is ok as I have a PRN and its showing up in MMB - and I've checked I have used the Lloyds card and not another one there. I'm wondering if it doesn't post just to let it be. Shame I didn't book J if that's the case!!
I bought a BA flight on Wednesday night - had to prepay as it was over my tiny limit, and it still isn't showing up online! I've actually got trasnactions done the day after showing, but not the BA flight.
I know the flight is ok as I have a PRN and its showing up in MMB - and I've checked I have used the Lloyds card and not another one there. I'm wondering if it doesn't post just to let it be. Shame I didn't book J if that's the case!!
Mar 5, 2012, 3:40 pm
#831
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Near Edinburgh
Programs: BA Silver
Posts: 9,034
Mar 5, 2012, 3:42 pm
#832
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: NJ, USA
Posts: 470
Hahaha! I heard that it was because Chantelle at Lloyds Online broke a fingernail and is currently unable to enter the transaction details from the punch cards they are sent by Amex.
Mar 5, 2012, 4:22 pm
#833
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: London, UK
Programs: QF Gold
Posts: 163
So have people confirmed that they have started receiving 25 Avios for foreign spend?
I have a LHR-MUC to book - but thinking of booking on expedia.de or somehow to force the transaction in EUR instead of GBP!
Assuming Lloyds will ever confirm the 10x promo that is.
I have a LHR-MUC to book - but thinking of booking on expedia.de or somehow to force the transaction in EUR instead of GBP!
Assuming Lloyds will ever confirm the 10x promo that is.
Mar 5, 2012, 11:54 pm
#834
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Tonbridge
Programs: BAEC Silver
Posts: 2,034
Yes you will get a 9x bonus on top of your base points. You will get 2.5 base points on foreign spend, so effectively you will get 25x.
Mar 6, 2012, 2:09 am
#835
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: UK. BAEC AAdvantage
Programs: Mucci Des Oeufs Brouilles et des Canards
Posts: 3,671
Finally posted this morning. I have a more accuate figure of my credit available now and know how much I can spend again before prepaying. That is assuming I can find places to take Amex. Now I found the company I get my annual travel insurance from no longer takes Amex. Pretty sure they did before.
Mar 6, 2012, 2:14 am
#836
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: NJ, USA
Posts: 470
I thought it must have been done by the same team that managed to lose all those proof of addresses documents we had to send in multiple times.....
Finally posted this morning. I have a more accuate figure of my credit available now and know how much I can spend again before prepaying. That is assuming I can find places to take Amex. Now I found the company I get my annual travel insurance from no longer takes Amex. Pretty sure they did before.
Finally posted this morning. I have a more accuate figure of my credit available now and know how much I can spend again before prepaying. That is assuming I can find places to take Amex. Now I found the company I get my annual travel insurance from no longer takes Amex. Pretty sure they did before.
If the offer is still on when my three months is up I'll get my partner to apply so we can get another three months of this
Mar 6, 2012, 2:17 am
#837
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Offer currently scheduled to end on March 29th.
Mar 6, 2012, 3:58 am
#839
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I had a thought. There may yet be some benefits in Eurocheating!
If you Eurocheat your BA account, all taxes on award tickets are charged in Euros, even for tickets ex-UK. On Reward Saver you actually save money, as it is Euro 27 vs £27! Someone looking at booking 4 J Avios seats and thus facing a £2,000 bill for taxes would be 30,000 Avios better off if they Eurocheated and then paid the £2k in Euros.
However, you cannot move your account back to the UK for 6 months (unless that rule is now scrapped now tier point thresholds have been aligned).
It may also worth booking hotels and flights through non-UK websites (eg expedia.com and not expedia.co.uk) in order to see prices in $ and not £.
You could also explore cancelling any existing reward flights (assuming the seats are still there) and rebooking them using your Lloyds Avios card. The refund would be credited to whatever card you originally used, and you can leave it sitting there until your 3-month Avios period is over.
If you Eurocheat your BA account, all taxes on award tickets are charged in Euros, even for tickets ex-UK. On Reward Saver you actually save money, as it is Euro 27 vs £27! Someone looking at booking 4 J Avios seats and thus facing a £2,000 bill for taxes would be 30,000 Avios better off if they Eurocheated and then paid the £2k in Euros.
However, you cannot move your account back to the UK for 6 months (unless that rule is now scrapped now tier point thresholds have been aligned).
It may also worth booking hotels and flights through non-UK websites (eg expedia.com and not expedia.co.uk) in order to see prices in $ and not £.
You could also explore cancelling any existing reward flights (assuming the seats are still there) and rebooking them using your Lloyds Avios card. The refund would be credited to whatever card you originally used, and you can leave it sitting there until your 3-month Avios period is over.
Mar 7, 2012, 5:35 pm
#840
Join Date: Dec 2007
Programs: Just a lowly Blue ;(
Posts: 1,780
Looks like they've started to sort things out as the spend from my amex and mastercard have just shown as two separate transactions on my avios account, although no bonus avios yet.
Although I think I need to check my printed statement as it says I've only collected 16,800 this month. I'm sure it should be more
Although I think I need to check my printed statement as it says I've only collected 16,800 this month. I'm sure it should be more