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Antler Saves Travellers Nearly £100 with New Collection
Keen travellers can save £95 on Antler suitcases by bundling three in one set at the checkout.
Antler’s new ‘New Icon Collection’ includes three distinct silhouettes: the Icon Stripe suitcase, the Soft Stripe suitcase, and Discovery backpack.
The brand’s spokesperson commented, “Merging timeless design with unmatched durability, the Icon Collection caters to the evolving needs and changing behaviours of modern-day travel.”
Thousands of households are overpaying their energy bills each month, with many that pay through a direct debit not realising that they could be sat on a large pile of cash that is rightfully theirs. One savvy Money Saving Expert reader even managed to get £1000 back from his energy supplier after realising he was being overcharged. Measures to remove the disparity between the prices charged to direct debit payers and those on prepayment meters have filtered some of the inequality from the system in recent months, but despite this, Martin Lewis has said “the logic of the direct debit cycle remains the same,” with many households unknowingly sitting on a large pile of their own cash. As of April 1, the energy price cap fell by 12 per cent to £1690 for the average household, meaning that bills should start to fall. However, those who pay by direct debit could still be charged each month based on older energy prices. This only affects standard tariffs under the price cap, not fixed-rate deals. Direct debit payers typically build up credit over the warmer months and debt during the winter months, which is balanced out over the course of the year via a fixed monthly payment. Yet, this can lead to some customers building up large amounts of credit if their usage is lower during the cooler months. Though this is not ideal for customers, Martin Lewis still recommends that people set up a direct debit, simply because it is the easiest way to pay and can work out cheaper, or make it easier to spread the cost of bills over a year. He said “Direct debit is the cheapest way to pay, so don’t ditch it necessarily.” In order to check if you are sitting on a pile of cash leftover from your monthly direct debit payments, it is important to make sure that your meter readings are up to date, then check how much credit you are in. The ideal time to do this is April and May, when most energy consumers will start to be in credit after building up a deficit over the winter.