Hi,
As you say, you can do most things in any branch. The only reason I had was for card renewals. When your card expires they send the replacement to your branch, which for me meant a trip down to Vera, ok not a problem as it was a good excuse of lunch , so I thought I's switch to make that easier. If your card does expire then you can arrange for the new card to be sent to another branch. BUT, only after it has been posted to the branch where the account is held. it also takes 5 days,.
One good thing about CAM is that with our joint account my wifes card expires 6 months after mine, so at least we had one working card whilst we waited for my new one.
Perhaps I sould wait for a branch to open in Al Kasar
Phil