Have TSB discontinued the Avios credit card?

Jlawson118

I had the Lloyds Avios credit card earlier this year in preparation for a trip away in Europe for a few months, and the general card itself was very useful for me and I used it quite a lot. Though for the £24 yearly fee, once I was home, I didn't really see the point in paying that fee. Plus when I was abroad, I asked Lloyds to cancel one of the two cards and they cancelled the wrong one. I had to have it all posted over to me. Complaining to them helped them correct the issues raised, but after many other mistakes they made, I decided it was better to just close the accounts down.

I wouldn't mind a card I can use abroad for free though Halifax always rejected me for the clarity and I assume it was my lack of credit history, so I was planning to leave it a good year or so for me to build my credit score up.

Though I was just shopping around today and I remembered that TSB also offered this Avios card, and I had a small look a few weeks ago but I didn't see anything about use abroad, but I didn't have time to study it much. So today when I googled it, I click on TSB's website and it says the page is unavailable. And when looking at their various credit cards, I can't see it.

I have no plans to travel abroad in the near future, but perhaps next summer again when I may travel, depending on how my credit score looks, I may get a new credit card for abroad. I have a Barclaycard Reward at the moment, and they're also offering a card that's free abroad but the offer runs out in a few years and I want something I'd be able to use all the time I go away. I think I'd solely use the card for abroad only if it came to it.

So have TSB discontinued this? And any recommendations of travel cards?

DCFC79

I hope your not focusing on your score too much. You sill be wasting too much thought on it.

The card is no longer in use, its on the website.

Jlawson118

DCFC79 wrote: »

I hope your not focusing on your score too much. You sill be wasting too much thought on it.

The card is no longer in use, its on the website.

I'm not focusing on my score too much don't worry, I know it's more about the report than it is the score. Though at the moment, there's an amber alert on the amount of searches I've had on there. I opened a student account with HSBC earlier this year but after they messed me around, I was quick to close it down, but that hard search is there, then there's O2 when I got a contract in September also done a hard search, Barclaycard ran one when I closed my Lloyds account and joined them. I also tried to open a student account with NatWest a few months ago but they rejected me. I'm not sure if that is due to my credit report or because I'm in my second year or what. But it's made me want to stop getting searches and things for a while and boost it all up again and be all on green again.

It's been a bit of a busy year in terms of credit really and it's my own fault for being dissatisfied everywhere

Dobbibill

This thread is about the TSB Avios - also contains a link from the website which says 'no longer on sale'.

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5561050

Jlawson118

Dobbibill wrote: »

This thread is about the TSB Avios - also contains a link from the website which says 'no longer on sale'.

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5561050

I looked through to Credit Card section and never noticed it :rotfl: I guess it has been then. What a shame really