Bits: win 120,000 Avios (only 188 entries), Expedia selling rail tickets, Etihad discount code

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• Neil says:

  14 Apr14 April 08:04

  So I tried to apply for the Lloyds Avios card, got to the credit check and their system froze. I have never seen this in any other card application. I called and was advised to try again – unsuccessfully. This left a search on my credit file with no outcome. I called them again and got someone who knew what they were doing. The search is being removed and he was quite apologetic. Still, lesson learned – I have read a lot on here about bad customer service and if applying for the card was a hassle, it does not bode well! It is shame, as the card is a good deal, and I have had a current account with Lloyds for years with few problems.

  • Alex W says:

    14 Apr14 April 09:02

    Haha welcome to Lloyds, or not. I had a transaction go through 228 times last year. Took me months to sort and ended up with £300 compo. Applied for a new one this year I’ve been waiting 3 months for any Avios to credit.

  • Daz says:

    14 Apr14 April 11:32

    I got rid of the £124 a year Lloyds card about a year and half ago. Absolute rubbish service, I spent more time on hold than I can remember. I used my upgrade voucher on a flight to YYC and didn’t bother with the companion voucher as could only be used in Economy!

  • flyforfun says:

    14 Apr14 April 12:00

    Yep. Lloyds have to be one of the worst. Spent weeks sorting out my card and my partners. It’s like they don’t want you to have them but make it a game to see how many hoops you will jump through to get the card. Given I got a load of bonus points at the time it was worth it.

    • Nicky says:

      14 Apr14 April 14:50

      I never had a problem getting the card but I have had plenty of problems with the card itself: Double transactions on more than one occasion and quite frankly the staff really couldn’t care. Last week a payment had been taken from my account but they couldn’t tell me who had taken it until the payment cleared and only then could they raise a dispute!!!!! Will pay off what I owe, use my voucher and get rid: too much hassle and can’t be bothered with useless uncaring staff.

• Nick M says:

  14 Apr14 April 08:12

  Not sure if it’s the same competition but I went via the app and there appears to be 1400 comments on the picture?

  • Tony says:

    14 Apr14 April 08:21

    It is the same. I entered at 7am and the number was about 650 entries. HfP exposure has increased it to 1.5k entries

• Brian says:

  14 Apr14 April 08:28

  Zero point in booking train tickets via Expedia – prices are no better than going direct, and there is a credit card fee – 1.5% for Visa/Mastercard and 2.5% for Amex!!

  • Ben says:

    14 Apr14 April 09:58

    Does anyone know if you get Nectar points and/or Expedia+ points on train bookings?

    • Ben says:

      14 Apr14 April 10:21

      To answer my own question, no you don’t get either. As Brian says, zero point booking on Expedia.

    • RussellH says:

      15 Apr15 April 09:53

      You get Nectar points on any tickets booked through TPE

• the real harry1 says:

  14 Apr14 April 08:35

  yes if you pay with the Halifax card

• Duncan says:

  14 Apr14 April 08:41

  I’ve just realised how crappy Iberia+ is online.

  They store a whole bunch of information about you, and the entire account (inc. passport info, full name, address etc.) is secured by a 6 digit number. This is pretty shocking security.

  Also a question… I have a hyphenated surname, but Iberia doesn’t allow that. Instead of Blah-Blah, I entered BlahBlah. Hopefully that will be fine for them.

  • @mkcol says:

    14 Apr14 April 09:07

    I’m hyphenated too.
    It’s standard practice in all travel bookings to just drop the hyphen & squish the names together. It’ll be fine.

    • Curious says:

      14 Apr14 April 16:24

      Have often wondered, when people have hyphened surnames (presumably by choice) do their daughters (or indeed sons) extend the hyphenation further once they themselves get married to add subsequent surnames?

      I’ve not seen three or more myself , but if two is deemed sensible, why not three or more?

      • RussellH says:

        15 Apr15 April 09:57

        We have a local not very bigwig family who sometimes style themselves with three surnames.

        Of my nieces and nephews, who were all assigned both their mother’s and their father’s surnames, joined with a hyphen, at birth, they alls seem to be gradually dropping one of the two names. Should any of them have offspring, I suspect that the cycle will reat itself.

        • Curious says:

          16 Apr16 April 00:54

          My sister in law did it once married (there was no previous double barrelling in the family)

          She now has four kids – when I posed the same query to her, she was…..puzzled!

          She genuinely had not even considered it.

• Nick says:

  14 Apr14 April 08:56

  Anyone know if there’s a link to enter the Iberia competition without using Facebook?
  Thanks!

• @mkcol says:

  14 Apr14 April 09:06

  Yes you do need to LIKE Iberia’s page – it’s in the T&C of the competition.

  • Clarence says:

    14 Apr14 April 10:07

    On the Facebook page does just liking the page confirm your entry

    • flyforfun says:

      14 Apr14 April 12:03

      Yes, you must like and enter a comment.

      https://www.slideshare.net/IberiaAirlines/discover-the-iberia-destination-legal-grounds-74818165

• Nick says:

  14 Apr14 April 09:55

  Expedia for trains is stupid. Train companies aren’t allowed to charge card fees or booking fees for booking direct, and they all sell each other’s tickets, so why would anyone not just use them?

  • zsalya says:

    14 Apr14 April 10:14

    Because most of their websites are difficult to use?

    • John says:

      14 Apr14 April 10:31

      What exactly is difficult to use?

  • RussellH says:

    15 Apr15 April 10:01

    All rail firms websites sell most of the tickets for offered by other rail firms, but not IME all.

    I find that TPE’s special flexi tickets from MAN which make allowance for flights arriving late are only availablr from TPE

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