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• Alan says:

  6 Jun6 June 16:08

  Partly O/T (but still Avios!) – just booked a flight using my Lloyds voucher. Not the quickest of processes (took 25 min) but at least a local 03 number and the agent was friendly.

  Some random points (in case useful for others)
  – actual Avios deal side works perfectly – you need space in the class you’re travelling in but are billed for the class below (I paid therefore paid 52k rather than 100k for an EDI-LHR-ORD//YYZ-LHR-EDI return), plus taxes for the class you’re travelling in (£360 in my case, not as bad as I expected!)
  – make sure you use Avios.com to check availability rather than BA.com as they can be different
  – if doing connections make sure you check sector-by-sector – I had done so but the agent tried to do it all in one for the out-bound and was seeing much worse EDI-LHR until they checked individual sectors
  – you can use any card to pay (I went for Virgin AMEX to help hit spend target!)

  • Alan says:

    6 Jun6 June 16:10

    PS and final point – amendments allowed (£35 fee) without losing the voucher, but cancellation leads to loss of voucher [they called me back to tell me this as they realised they’d forgotten to tell me in the call]

    • Gavin says:

      6 Jun6 June 21:49

      Redeemed mine last week. CW to Hong Kong. Did it all online, piece of cake. I wanted to use to Seoul but nothing available, so will get a Cathay or Asiana redemption as connecting flights. Plus a bonus day in Hong Kong to have a look about.

      Not sure if I will pick up another voucher next year, may be switching to the BAPP.

• Tilly71 says:

  6 Jun6 June 20:21

  Home insurance – do your think it will be ok to join in wifes name as I did have a policy 4 months ago in my name but left.

  • Rob says:

    6 Jun6 June 21:13

    Don’t see why not unless the small print says once per address and not once per person.

  • Genghis says:

    6 Jun6 June 21:53

    Tilly71 – did you join, get the points then cancel? If so, how did you pay for the insurance?

    • Tilly71 says:

      7 Jun7 June 15:12

      No, I had a policy from when they were offering a £30 gift card over a year ago. The price was competitive so I joined up. However, at renewal four months back they hiked the premium by £100 so off I went to Aviva and £40 CB.
      I’ve yet to call them to see if cancellation charges, if not then I wI’ll sign up again in wifes name.

• Tilly71 says:

  7 Jun7 June 17:16

  Update: called aviva and they want £31.45 to cancel the policy so can’t be bothered to swap back.

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