I work at Heathrow Airport so everyday I take the Express from Paddington to Terminal 5. So I have a fair few express tickets.
ICICI bank I actually used last week. It’s a odd card with a shit app but its funny to use. Cater Allen I have used maybe once this year. I have £20 in the account and I use it sometimes for tapping on and off the underground just to put some history on it.
Your £4k CoOp overdraft might be the reason if they’re looking across your potential relationship with the CoOp. You could get their savings account though.
But it’s possible my £4k overdraft with Co-Op is the issue. But it’s odd that every other bank is fine with my having lending facilities but they are not.
Other banks might be ok about it, but maybe £4k is the maximum that CoOp think you’re good for and therefore don’t want to add another £1k or whatever via Smile.
Go this new Barclays card today. I don’t think I like the redesign apart from the fact that it’s not embossed anymore as it technically occupies space of 2 cards in a slim wallet.
What I think would have been nice is that they should have kept the old design, with just the card details at the back which would make it flush-design.
I don’t understand the portrait design because people usually use contactless most of the days and usually tap it at 45 or 90 degree angle. This just makes it weird to look at.
It makes sense for people who use folio case or portrait orientation wallets. I’d personally prefer the landscape orientation.