Flybe closes its UK Mastercard credit card to new applicants

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• Shoestring says:

  1 Nov1 November 15:19

  Airport pubs could have opening hours cut to stop trouble
  Round-the-clock drinking at airport bars and pubs could be axed under a crackdown to combat drunkenness on flights.
  Home Office ministers will today launch a call for evidence on whether airside drinking should be brought under the same regime as pubs and clubs in the rest of Britain.
  Currently, licensing laws banning alcohol sales outside permitted hours do not apply to “airside” sales once passengers have gone through security.
  Airport bars and retailers also do not face having their licence revoked if they behave irresponsibly such as serving people who are already drunk.
  Ministers are concerned at a quadrupling in disruptive behaviour on aeroplanes in the last four years. Although it is illegal to be drunk on a plane, 70 per cent of cases of passengers disrupting flights are linked to alcohol.

  • Jon says:

    1 Nov1 November 15:44

    “Airport bars and retailers also do not face having their licence revoked if they behave irresponsibly such as serving people who are already drunk.”
    That’s really weird. I wonder what the justification for not having that rule is? That it’s broken enough anyway, and besides you get good rates from us?? I still remember being very sternly warned not to serve anyone who was clearly very drunk when I worked at my student union’s pub….

  • Anna says:

    1 Nov1 November 16:22

    Do they know how many of these disruptive passengers have been drinking in lounges as opposed to pubs and bars? If they cut down on alcohol served in lounges, the lounges would suffer from a big drop in bookings but PP card holders might get a look in!

    • Lady London says:

      1 Nov1 November 19:11

      surprised anyone could afford to get drunk if they were paying the prices at many UK airport! Yes I think @Anna’s theory about lounge dwellers being those disruptive passengers must be true…

      • Shoestring says:

        1 Nov1 November 19:25

        I have not actually ever seen any obviously drunk people in any lounges I’ve been in. The person knocking it back most would appear to be myself and I try to be demure/ dead quiet, just reading or tapping away on a computer – maybe apart from jollying along the bar crew mildly when I go up for a re-fill.

        The worst I’ve seen on flights would be a few loud stag party animals (but never in the lounges). And all they want to do is start the party early, not cause trouble.

        I reckon it could be that very tiny number of people who drink far too much, probably unused to drinking in quantity, and go a bit mental, who will spoil it for the other 99.9%. I do hope the Home Office keeps their response in proportion.

  • BJ says:

    1 Nov1 November 19:27

    Maybe not the passengers we should be worried about!
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-46062122

• Shoestring says:

  1 Nov1 November 15:24

  O/T Black Friday = 4th Friday in November.

  There’s usually a good Priority Pass deal.

  • xcalx says:

    1 Nov1 November 17:27

    Thought Black Friday was the day after thanksgiving which is the 3rd Thursday in November or is that just in the US

    • Shoestring says:

      1 Nov1 November 17:38

      You could be right – anyway, it’s 23rd November

• Ade says:

  1 Nov1 November 17:01

  Not sure of mentioned before, but

  Amex Plat offer on my card (new today) 8% off at Sainsburys

  • Mark2 says:

    1 Nov1 November 17:05

    Thanks; first 9,000; once per card, max £30 statement credit

  • BJ says:

    1 Nov1 November 17:33

    Also £5 of £30 at paypal on my platinum, that might be new too.

  • Alan says:

    1 Nov1 November 18:27

    Not got that, though did get 6% off at Morrisons.

    Also have the £5 off £30 PayPal one.

    • Shoestring says:

      1 Nov1 November 18:30

      Cancelled Plat yesterday! 🙂

      Still, I guess that’s worth £37.50/ month

• Joe says:

  1 Nov1 November 17:08

  I only got 5% – on the Gold Charge.

  BTW that reminds me – when I upgrade to the Platinum (waiting for 10k MR to post) will my saved offers be retained?

  • paulm says:

    1 Nov1 November 17:11

    Yes you keep saved offers

• js54156 says:

  1 Nov1 November 17:31

  OT — found my IHG account hacked a week ago, and 70k points were redeemed for hotel reservations..anyone have had similar experiences before?

  • Rob says:

    1 Nov1 November 18:06

    Not unknown with IHG given their pathetic attempt at passwords (eg four numbers).

  • Genghis says:

    1 Nov1 November 18:20

    But might be time to start using AwardWallet?

    • js54156 says:

      1 Nov1 November 19:09

      Actually I realized that the account might be compromised when I failed to add it to AwardWallet. Luckily I got my points back, but someone had already successfully stayed 3 nights with my points. Wondering why the hotel didn’t carefully check the identity of the guest when check-in

• Canuck says:

  1 Nov1 November 18:34

  OT: just had BA delay my flight cancellation compensation as they need a signed confirmation letter from my 2 yr old child in order to comply with GDPR.

  Am I seriously supposed to get her to sign and send in a letter from her?

  • Shoestring says:

    1 Nov1 November 18:41

    Email the CEO[‘s office]

  • Lady London says:

    1 Nov1 November 19:15

    Nearly as good as when British Airways tried to offload Rob’s 2-year old child (on his own) off a flight and into a hotel room in the Middle East!!!

    Clearly the concept of intelligent customer service has some way to go to be brought back at BA 🙂

    Write back and say you are your 2-year-olds’ parent and guardian and therefore would also have authority to do a moneyclaim in the courts on your child’s behalf if they don’t pay up completely for everyone involved including your two year old, within 14 days

  • Mark says:

    2 Nov2 November 03:10

    Write (type) a letter and get the child to “sign” it using a handprint. The more faecal looking/smelling the handprint the better!

• Graham Walsh says:

  1 Nov1 November 18:54

  OT Anyone else experiencing issues paying off their Lloyds Avios card? Seems that their card gateway is down. Tried with Chrome and FF. And you can’t use the iOS App to pay it off either.

  • Rob MC says:

    1 Nov1 November 20:47

    How do you pay it off? I thought the only two option were cash in branch or BT?

    • Anna says:

      1 Nov1 November 21:38

      ? You can pay it online with a debit card.

      • CountryKerry says:

        2 Nov2 November 00:24

        How?

      • Graham Walsh says:

        2 Nov2 November 07:18

        Just log into your Lloyd account and you’ll see Pay Credit Card option on the right hand side. Think it’s below View Statements.

      • Graham Walsh says:

        2 Nov2 November 10:11

        Lloyds payment working online now but get this. Looks like another loophole closed 🙁 Had this in October and still there!!!

        Sorry, you can’t make any more debit card payments this calendar month because you have exceeded the maximum number of payments or amount paid. Please try again next month or choose a different way to pay.

• jason says:

  1 Nov1 November 19:09

  OT anyone managed to link curve card to pay virgin credit card

  • Bazza says:

    1 Nov1 November 19:19

    Yes. I use Tesco credit card for treble dips!

    • jason says:

      1 Nov1 November 19:32

      when you linked my curve card online what card name did you give it or did you ring up

  • Sabby says:

    1 Nov1 November 19:34

    I tired but failed with curve and virgin card

    • Graham Walsh says:

      1 Nov1 November 20:13

      Same here. Curve failed on Virgin Money Website. Worked out I could use a Revolut Virtual Card, but unsure where to top up from.

      • Sabby says:

        1 Nov1 November 20:32

        Curve card I hit there 50k spend but was told in future they will reset the spend this time only but in future I will not allowed to use curve card to pay credit card bills and they will be monitoring it its meant for everyday use

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