MSE News: Lloyds to slash rewards for Avios credit cardholders

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Lloyds Bank is dramatically scaling back the benefits of its Avios Rewards credit card, cutting the number of Avios points existing customers can earn by up to two thirds and scrapping its free flight upgrade offer.
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There is some more info and speculation on the Headforpoints website. Whether I'll be able to get one last voucher out of it will depend on when I receive my letter...
But now, Avios have been moved to British Airways Executive Club. My Avios from flights are there, but not from my Lloyds spend. And I cannot, for love nor money, find out to claim for them... any ideas?
It appears you can still log in to your Avios account - it seems to offer me the option to transfer my Avios to BA Executive Club if I want to or to keep/use them via Avios for other things.
Just be better than you were yesterday.
The Avios from Lloyds spend should be auto crediting to BAEC, that's if your Avios.com account has actually been closed. If you have an Aer Lingus Aerclub account, for example, that used Avios.com, so your Avios account remains open. Confused yet?
Indeed, and I can still pull Avios into it from Iberia. I am also an AerClub member, so my Avios.com account won't close apparently, are you also a member of AerClub by any chance? A lot of points and miles collectors will be (Aer Lingus' new loyalty programme, also using Avios).
Just be better than you were yesterday.
Eventually you’ll probably be shifted over to BAEC whether you like it or not
However, if you use Avios for flights then, with some exceptions, you shouldn’t notice much difference (there’s a few differences with which airlines you can book with in each programme).
My OH won't fly so I never use for flights - most recently used for Indoor skydiving experience x3 (gifted them to my sons for their birthdays). I hope that type of use still continues, flights only would be worthless for me
Just be better than you were yesterday.
I don’t have a big spend per year, I’m only on min wage but I like to get the most of my credit cards to get avios miles.
Cheers for any advice.