A+L Current A/C Refer a Friend back to £50!

It would appear correct cos I was looking at an article here this morning.
http://www.alliance-leicester.co.uk/currentaccounts/index.asp?page=recommend-friend&cm_re=al3pdca-_-02-_-recfriendt&ct=premierdirhome02
These are the terms and conditions taken from A&L site this morning :-

Your friend or family member needs to be 21 years old or over and fund their Premier Direct or Premier Current Account with the £500 minimum monthly funding within 8 weeks of account opening.
How to earn £50
Download the recommend a friend voucher (pdf**)
Complete your information where indicated on the voucher
Pass the voucher onto your friend or relative who is opening up an account
Ask them to fully complete their section of the voucher
Return the voucher to: FREEPOST MID21500, Customer Services, Alliance & Leicester Plc, PO Box 645, Liverpool L69 8YY
Offer terms and conditions
Customers recommending a friend or relative must hold a Premier or Premier Direct Current Account. New customers must open a Premier or Premier Direct Current Account and must not have an existing account with Alliance & Leicester. New customers must open a Premier or Premier Direct Current Account by visiting a branch, by visiting https://www.alliance-leicester.co.uk or by calling 0800 015 8405. Applications from any other source are not eligible. Offer open to existing customers recommending new customers. Same day openings are invalid. Minimum monthly funding of £500 required. Monthly funding required within 8 weeks of account opening. £50 payment made to each account provided voucher is received within 8 weeks of new account being opened and provided eligibility criteria is met. Payment will be made within 8 weeks of voucher being received. Payment will only be made where the new customer opened their account after 1 May 2005. Offer not open to staff of Alliance & Leicester plc or it's subsidiaries. Offer subject to availability.



I just tried to open a Premier account and put in a £500 monthly credit amount. Got an e-mail back saying
"I am sorry, but we are unable to offer you a Premier Direct Current
Account at this time. We would, however, like to offer you a Current
Account, with all the benefits of a cheque book and Visa Electron card
which you can use at any cash machine in the UK."

Went straight back to the site, re did exactly the same application with £750 monthly deposit.
"We are delighted to let you know that your application for an Alliance &
Leicester Premier Direct Current Account has been successful and we are
now in the process of setting up your new account. You will receive
written confirmation from us through the post within the next couple of
days."
Once its through I will be getting my partner to open one so we should get this twice. Not sure why they refused the application firsst tiem around, cos I did put down the minimum amount of £500.

This is the terms and conditions on the account.
http://www.alliance-leicester.co.uk/currentaccounts/ec03964.pdf
Look at page 5, section 10 on closing the account. Nowhere does it mention a miniumum qualifying time that you have to keep the account open to get your £50 quid.