Reply To: 100,000 Avios offer – will it return?

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Rob Burgess wrote:

If it does, it won’t be for a while.

You need to remember that – because Avios were awarded after 4 months – they are STILL treating the Oct/Nov one as ‘active’. It won’t be until May that they can finally put the previous version behind them, at which point they will presumably rethink.

As readers found, it also put huge pressure on branches because of the requirement for many people to do ‘in person’ ID checks. Some people in London who applied in November were getting appointment dates in February, so their 4 months won’t end until June/July! All promos involving Premier seem to be on hold because they can’t get around this issue.

I’m in this position – applied for a joint account and my wife only managed to get her ID checks sorted a couple of weeks ago (apparently mine were fine). Not heard anything since though – is that usual or should I chase up? I have a feeling the 100k will be hard to come by but let’s see…