He gave me a reference number.
You must call today' - followed by a reference number.
The no-frills are all ticketless airlines: you get a reference number and just show up.
Mee reluctantly contacted the debt-collection agency and was immediately asked if the debt was related to HMRC, before being asked for a reference number.
I don't like emails from organisations unless they're giving me a reference number for an online taxi booking, in which case they're comforting.
Callers will receive a reference number and, once their requests have been handled, a follow-up phone call or e-mail message.
Having acquired some proficiency in research techniques, he was asked to attend a job centre and give a reference number for a job advertising "investigators needed".
"It might be a problem if we set the rigid numerical target," he told reporters, "but it would be O.K. to see it as a reference number".
I was really unhappy about doing this so I got on to managers at HMRC and eventually they told me to quote a reference number to the debt collector.
The complaints line is there for those who don't quite know why they're screaming and pummelling their angry little fists on the floor, but know they need a big plaster and a reference number to make it better.
"This was carried out by a review of files which contained little information, often with no reference to the name of the borrower but to a reference number from which the borrower could not be identified," says the PRA.
