Reader gets a refund from Barclaycard within seven minutes

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• Alan says:

  8 Mar8 March 05:36

  Good result, I suspect Barclaycard know they’re in the wrong so are going to cough up in response to reasonable requests!

  • BigDave says:

    8 Mar8 March 08:26

    If they were that quick in responding then they were claiming too little…!

• Laurence Dalby says:

  8 Mar8 March 06:01

  ‘Little Instagram video of the Emirates A380 First Apartment’ Don’t you mean Etihad?

  • Rob says:

    8 Mar8 March 06:48

    Doh, it was 5am UK time when I added that!

    • xcalx says:

      8 Mar8 March 07:01

      Looks like apartment 4K. Enjoy.

      • Rob says:

        8 Mar8 March 08:14

        Nah, 3A! Should have had the one behind (forward facing) but couldn’t be bothered to move. I did have the entire cabin, bar one apartment, to choose from.

        • Yuff says:

          8 Mar8 March 08:40

          Did you ask to see the residence, or have you already seen it?
          I was told if it’s not booked and you email head office, before you fly, they will let you have a look.
          We have 3a and 4a booked, next month, there and back 😉

        • Rob says:

          8 Mar8 March 11:02

          I went round a full size mock up once, and tried out the bed, so didn’t bother. Didn’t shower either!

        • Genghis says:

          8 Mar8 March 11:06

          Didn’t shower? Isn’t the point to have a shower because you can? 🙂

        • Rob says:

          8 Mar8 March 12:16

          It seemed a shame to break my record of not showering on an Emirates A380 and not showing on the Etihad A380 last time!

          Bathroom is very small, didn’t seem appealing. I MIGHT be tempted by the Emirates one on Friday as the bathroom is enormous, bigger than a lot of people have at home.

        • Simmo says:

          8 Mar8 March 12:34

          What happens if the fasten seatbelt comes on while you are in the shower?

        • Mr Dee says:

          8 Mar8 March 14:51

          There is a seat in the shower along with a seat belt

    • Go says:

      8 Mar8 March 13:28

      They are reluctant to show you round the residence. We asked on one flight but were told no. After a few drinks and after the lights were out my mate and I tried to sneak a look. Of course they had the door locked. We obviously made too much noise trying to get it open and the cabin director came along. Initially he wasn’t happy and asked if we had taken any photos. When we said no he softened up and agreed to give us a quick tour as long as we took no photos

• Andrew* says:

  8 Mar8 March 06:51

  ParentPay

  • Andrew* says:

    8 Mar8 March 06:51

    Sad face.

    • Alan says:

      8 Mar8 March 07:56

      Yep. We always used Amex for this and we seemed to be using it a lot!

      • Alan says:

        8 Mar8 March 07:58

        I wrote that in the past tense for some reason. “We currently use our Amex a lot for Parent Pay” is what I should have written!

• Vish says:

  8 Mar8 March 07:01

  For ParentPay I think you can top up your account. May want to consider doing that before 1st April using an Amex as a last opportunity

  • Flyoff says:

    8 Mar8 March 07:17

    You can overpay your parentpay and use the credit for future parent pay payments. If you want/need avios you may want to pay off significant future school trips early.

  • Neil says:

    8 Mar8 March 08:01

    My son’s school only uses it for school dinners, which he only has twice per week, but obviously I try and put all spends on Amex where possible, so this is irritating.

    He’ll be leaving the school in July so I’ll have to work out how much he’ll use before then and pay for the rest of the year before April!

• Gavin says:

  8 Mar8 March 07:14

  Good result from Barclaycard. Think I will cancel my free card after the next bill and get the Creation equivalent to trigger the signup bonus.

• vol says:

  8 Mar8 March 07:18

  ParentPay was lucrative! :-/

  Well I will just have to calculate how much to top up the little one’s account with for the next 2 years 😀

  • the real harry1 says:

    8 Mar8 March 07:54

    I stuck £500 in my son’s school lunch a/c last year before MBNA BMI cards came to an end, better 500 points than nothing

    • Mike says:

      8 Mar8 March 16:17

      £500 for lunch? how long does that last him ? lol. I know of one lucky “child” in London who has £2000 a month on his (lunch) expense account – incredible.

      • the real harry1 says:

        8 Mar8 March 17:57

        he’s meant to budget £2.30 a day, I haven’t checked recently tbh!

        • Rob says:

          8 Mar8 March 19:41

          £10 per day per kid for us

        • Alan says:

          8 Mar8 March 20:56

          Unless they’re getting three meals a day or some multi course banquet I think you’re being diddled! I just spent that on my evening meal (incl glass of wine) tonight!

        • the real harry1 says:

          8 Mar8 March 19:58

          what do they get for that? your kids are not exactly big eaters just yet – my two teens in the state grammar schools get a pretty good choice of healthy & not-so-healthy stuff (ie chicken wraps & salads vs pizza slices & probably muffins etc) and the price is reasonable – why 4x as much?

        • the real harry1 says:

          8 Mar8 March 21:28

          heh heh! we’re not moving house after all & have had to bribe our kids to willingly take the journey to school on the train, adds about 2 hours to their day. So we’re paying £5 a day to them in compensation for the inconvenience.

          The good news is: £750 a year goes towards university fees – which we’d have paid anyway! 🙂

    • Axel heyst says:

      8 Mar8 March 20:24

      I now load up my kids lunch accounts before Christmas. A couple of years ago a shop small £5 credit payment appeared by surprise when topping up.

      Kids lunch is about £1.80 a day in Edinburgh so I think they are now paid up for this year on multiple Amex’

• chris says:

  8 Mar8 March 07:30

  On the IHG front have they offered people points in Accelerate for taking out the creation card? Wondering if its worth holding out to see if that materializes should there be another accelerate?

  • ee says:

    8 Mar8 March 18:32

    Yes they have, I had this as a task in the current accelerate version.

    • chris says:

      9 Mar9 March 11:18

      Thanks; will hold off just in case 🙂

• Mr Bridge says:

  8 Mar8 March 07:51

  I didn’t read yesterday’s article.

  That’s an odd formula for b’card.

  you can just argue that you would not have entered into the contract in the first place, and ask for full refund

  • Mr Dee says:

    8 Mar8 March 14:55

    agree!

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