Well that was interesting today. Went to pay the rest of my holiday (used my debit card as I'll be dashed if I am paying an extra £30 to use another credit card) and was talking to the TC staff. Apparently the change to Barclay's has been a disaster with many not being given the new card or some getting ridiculously small credit limits. One of the staff said her parents got their's with a £2k limit - not enough for them to book a holiday with and therefore a total waste of time.
MBNA who issued new cards when TC left them left their limit agreements unchanged hoping to keep the custom. Looks like a good manouvre by them.
Also heard a relative who is a teacher got knocked back as well. Oh dear, doesn't look like it's going well at all.