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• ATC says:

  15 Jul15 July 04:26

  Absolute bull from Carlisle Airport. As an Air Traffic Controller with some connection to the airport, I know people who have worked there very recently, and I can assure you that it’s far less to do with the ‘global shortage’ than the pathetic pay and conditions. The airport is a joke, the management haven’t got a clue what they’re doing and whenever they do manage to get some new staff in they last 5 minutes. They subcontracted the ATC out to Peel (Liverpool & Doncaster Airports) who sent some good Controllers up there. They didn’t last any longer and Peel have washed their hands if it all too now by the sounds of it.
  Just take a look at the comments on their Facebook page, that says it all.
  Sorry Cumbria, it’s not happening any time soon.

  • TripRep says:

    15 Jul15 July 08:28

    Thanks ATC, good to hear a n insider’s viewpoint.

• Andy Ketchley says:

  15 Jul15 July 05:03

  I have the balance transfer offer showing on my account but it’s for the Lloyds Duo Avios card , not the Avios Rewards card – terms copied as follows:-

  If you’re a Duo Avios credit card customer, and opened your account before the 3rd November 2013, you’ll earn 1,500 bonus points for every whole £1,000 transferred. Bonus Avios are only awarded on whole multiples of £1,000s (£1,000, £2,000, £3,000 etc.) transferred from a single provider. For example, bonus Avios would not be awarded on a balance transfer of £900 or if the transfer is split between more than one credit or store card.

  • Andy says:

    15 Jul15 July 05:13

    PS. The transfer APR is also 4.9% – appreciate the date in the T & C says 2013 – the offer is shown as ‘’available’ on my account.

  • Neil Preston says:

    15 Jul15 July 05:21

    I also have the 0% transfer fee offer showing on my Lloyd’s Avios Rewards Account but the following is extracted from the offer t&c’s.

    “If you’re an Avios Rewards credit card customer, and opened your account on/or after the 3rd November 2013, you’ll earn 1.25 Avios for every £5 transferred.”

    So not quite as generous as initially implied from the article. However, I can transfer £5k from my BAPP account so I assume I would earn the original 7,500 Avios on the original BAPP purchases and then a further 1,250 Avios on the balance transfer. Just need to decide if it worth the hassle for 1,250 Avios.

    • Charlie says:

      15 Jul15 July 20:29

      I have this too.

  • Mr Dee says:

    15 Jul15 July 09:22

    I have the balance transfer rate/0% charge but no mention of the Avios, where can I check that this will include Avios?

    • Jon says:

      15 Jul15 July 12:34

      This is on the balance transfer confirmation screen just before you submit:

      • If you’re an Avios or Choice Rewards credit card customer you could receive rewards for your balance transfers. Once completed, your reward points will appear on your credit card statement. Please refer to your reward terms & conditions for further information.

• Peter says:

  15 Jul15 July 06:25

  Carlisle airport seems to be the UK’S BER version

  • Lady London says:

    15 Jul15 July 09:36

    Lucky you. SXF has been my airport for visits to German client a few times recently. It’s just about OK to land in, departure is a farce with tiny inefficient security (but overmanned). If the flights I’ve been using would move to TXL I’d be overjoyed. Anything to avoid departing from SXF.

    The cheese croissants in the Lamps bakery outside the terminal are excellent though 🙂

    • Lady London says:

      15 Jul15 July 09:38

      *Kamps bakery

    • Lady London says:

      15 Jul15 July 15:18

      Er.. unfortunately Kamps seems to be a wellknown very boring straight down the middle bakery in that area.

      I did like the sound of your raspberry tart with pistachio crust though although the Marais is a bit too trendy for me these days. I liked it when it was a dump.

      • Rob says:

        15 Jul15 July 18:06

        They opened a few trial Kamps in London a couple of years ago but it never worked.

    • the real harry1 says:

      15 Jul15 July 15:43

      I took my girlfriend to Paris when I was but a callow youth,19 both of us 🙂 – Ah, Montmartre! Pretty cheap in those days, I guess we’re talking 1982. Not quite as dirt cheap as Spain & Greece – the Millennials can just dream about it 🙂 You lot: we could get a two course meal and a bottle of wine for about a fiver in today’s money haha!

      Then we headed down to Bordeaux and ended up camping near the Dune du Pilat, Arcachon.

      Never worked out why she dumped me lol

  • Klaus-Peter Dudas says:

    15 Jul15 July 13:33

    EasyJet purchased the AirBerlin slots, so they have quite a lot of them at TXL now

• Alan says:

  15 Jul15 July 07:40

  Does anyone have the code for the offer above (and know if it can be applied if requested)?

  I’ve currently got the following offers showing, can’t see any mention of Avios…

  “0% interest over 15 months with a 3% fee BT027X offer code

  4.9% interest over 36 months with a 0% fee BT380X offer code”

  • Roger says:

    15 Jul15 July 08:43

    Same here

    • Joan says:

      15 Jul15 July 09:27

      Ditto

      • Bentoni says:

        15 Jul15 July 10:02

        I have the offer code: BT393X for 4.9% APR and 0% fee for 12 months. But no mention of the bonus Avios also.

        Would be interested in know more info as well.

• Callum says:

  15 Jul15 July 07:53

  I’ve had the same balance transfer offer for months but no mention of bonus Avios. I can’t see where it would say that either – how are the people who have it being informed?

  • Ahop says:

    15 Jul15 July 09:34

    Also interested to hear where this has appeared for others.

    • Jonathan says:

      15 Jul15 July 12:24

      On the Lloyds banking app, go to money & balance transfers and then Help & Support at the bottom. It says something like “What rewards can i earn?”

      • Jonathan says:

        15 Jul15 July 12:28

        Just logged in online using a browser and i do not have a 0% fee option. Seems the mobile site and the website show different things.

      • Brian W says:

        15 Jul15 July 12:44

        That’s where I found it too on the app. The offer is quite hidden away. I got an email on Thursday with the codes Alan highlights above but no mention of earning Avios anywhere in the email so I thought I wasn’t targeted. But by opening that section on the app (guess it will be in the same place on desktop) it details the offer and terms there.

        I’ve got the really really old £50 annual fee, 241 earning Lloyds branded Duo cards if that helps.

      • Callum says:

        15 Jul15 July 18:07

        The emails don’t mention Avios because these aren’t Avios promotions.

        1500 per £1000 is the rate for any balance transfer on the old Duo cards.

        While I got an email about this, in the past there has always been at least one offer in the balance transfer section of the app or internet banking for as long as I can remember.

• the real harry1 says:

  15 Jul15 July 08:17

  O/T I am going to find the key to the very rusty padlock on my wallet and reserve a couple of places at No1 T3 on Friday @£5 each, I figure it’s going to be pretty busy. Definitely want to get the summer hols off to a good start. With any luck I can pay off my two younger kids with a tenner to sit out with the hoi polloi – though they did start getting cute about asking for the exact equivalent cost of lounge pass – good job they don’t know about £5 reservation fee heh heh 🙂

  • the real harry1 says:

    15 Jul15 July 08:53

    haha! bit the bullet and reserved 4 slots, don’t want to leave the kiddy widdies out in the cold 🙂

    Hey Raffles – this might appeal to you – did you know? – HARRY, YOUR RESERVATION IS COMPLETE!
    YOU’LL SOON BE ENJOYING A STYLISH DEPARTURE. FANCY A FREE RESERVATION NEXT TIME? SIMPLY INVITE YOUR FRIENDS TO BOOK A NO1 LOUNGE AND WHEN THEY DO, WE’LL GIVE THEM £5 OFF THEIR FIRST VISIT!
    [link] Now share it any way you like to get your reward.
    [Could be a bit of a con as the email that follows just says: You can get £5 off
    for each friend who visits for the first time.]

    You can never have too many ways to get in lounges free 🙂

    • the real harry1 says:

      15 Jul15 July 09:26

      Sure, I know about the Groupon offer, but it’s pretty poor vs alternatives – the Black Friday 10-shot PP deal is still going & better, with 10 passes coming out at around £120 after c/b, so under £12 per lounge entry. Unfortunately – unlike the Amex PP deal, you have to pay for all guests. It’s only suitable for people who can use 10 lounge passes in a year, and as I have to drive on my return to UK = no boozing (and my returning/ homeward airport is brilliant, an oasis of calm with cheap fast food, cheap chilled beer if you fancy a thirst quencher, so totally unlike T3!) I could only properly use 5 passes a year. I have PP anyway at the mo, as the Plat is pretty much paying for itself, I guess I’ll keep it going for the time being.

    • Yuff says:

      15 Jul15 July 11:34

      I like the Amex plat card, got my parents a supp and they made use of the car insurance waiver on their first trip, no questions asked just paid out. Some nice Spaniard drove into the rental car twice and drove off….
      Card has easily paid for itself in first 4 months…..

    • the real harry1 says:

      15 Jul15 July 14:17

      Yep I initially balked @ £450 then I realised (doh! 🙂 ) it’s extremely cheap points 🙂

      With insurance on top for free lol

  • Jovanna says:

    15 Jul15 July 18:28

    There’s a discount code for the No.1 Lounge. 20% off with HSBC20.

    • the real harry1 says:

      15 Jul15 July 18:58

      might work for lounge passes didn’t work for £5 reservations

      been there, got the T-shirt

      • Jovanna says:

        15 Jul15 July 23:16

        Worked for me this week.

• Bonglim says:

  15 Jul15 July 08:37

  Doesn’t apply to me, as I don’t have that Avios card,
  But hoping someone has a few thousand pounds on an account and a card that accepts 0% balance transfers….
  Could you then transfer the money backwards and forwards for unlimited Avios?

  • Go says:

    15 Jul15 July 08:48

    Unless the other card had a zero fee to transfer back it wouldn’t work. Also each balance transfer will impact your credit report

    • John says:

      15 Jul15 July 10:16

      No more than spending that amount of money would impact your credit report

    • Callum says:

      15 Jul15 July 10:50

      How will they impact your credit report? I’ve been trying to come up with a single reason why it would but am completely stumped!

      • guesswho2000 says:

        15 Jul15 July 23:41

        It wouldn’t, in any way, shape or form.

    • Alan says:

      15 Jul15 July 23:38

      But you’ve spent the money and have it on your balance already – you’re just shifting it between cards, I don’t see how that would have an impact?

  • Peter K says:

    15 Jul15 July 08:49

    Only if both are 0% transfer fee.

  • Mr Dee says:

    15 Jul15 July 09:28

    Also its likely a one time offer

    • guesswho2000 says:

      15 Jul15 July 23:43

      The 0% maybe, but it’ll likely be for as many transfers as you like within the offer period. I’ve had an iteration of it for months now, although haven’t used it as I’m triggering the upgrade voucher.

      The Avios offer isn’t one time, it’s in the T&Cs of the card. It could be varied at any time, with proper notice, of course.

• Shaun McW says:

  15 Jul15 July 09:43

  Has been an offer on my old Lloyd’s Avios for a while (12 mths+?) and have used it twice (with 0% fee). Avios posted all OK. Did a couple of big Amex purchases then moved to Avios and paid off. Worked a treat…

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