£100 for joining Alliance + Leicester

sss555s

I opened a premier account in April when i switched my ISA to them.

They honoured my RBS £2700 overdraft limit as soon as i showed them proof, which was a print out of my online RBS page with the bar code on it.

And yes i used about £2200 of the overdraft to max out this years ISA which i can claw back about £300-500 pm.

I applied in the branch for both the premier account and ISA so no bonus for me but they were very helpful and everything went smoothly. I don't think i've had to call them for any reason and i do everything online which is the way i like it.

seaglimpses

Thanks sss555s, I have switched and am glad to hear some positive feedback.

TomJ

Chaps,

Has anyone ascertained whether one can get the £100 bonus and open a 12% Regular Saver acct?

YorkshireBoy

TomJ wrote: »

Has anyone ascertained whether one can get the £100 bonus and open a 12% Regular Saver acct?

No can do I'm afraid...

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.html?p=12653961&postcount=959

MissyD_2

Hmmmmm so just for the record, I switched to A&L's Premier Direct Current a/c on 6/7th July.......I have had welcome letter, card, pin, chq bk, online stuff etc but no welcome pack as mentioned on welcome letter & users on this site.....no contact about my D/D, S/O; more importantly Salary....I tried to call them day b4 yday, pillar to post x 2! Tried again earlier, when I got home from work,finallly got thru after apalling menu system(freephone found:) to be told the dept I need to speak to; Switching, are closed & are open 9-5, M-F??!!!!I replied I do 9-530, M-F so how am I supposed to get some help?Are they not open at all tomorrow?Threatened to close the account completely.9-12/1 Sat she said, just as well I am not working tomorrow!
I need to know where I am getting paid on Monday, so that my bills will get paid!

So A&L have NO CUSTOMER SERVICE!

YorkshireBoy

MissyD wrote: »

I need to know where I am getting paid on Monday

Your employer would have been able to tell you that surely?

After all, if you're paid by BACS Direct Credit your employer will have submitted the salaries batch yesterday.

Gambit

So is the opinion that it helps if you transfer you salary over? I was going to switch the one DD I have with Barclays over to them as that's where I have my biggest overdraft but my salary is paid into my Nationwide account which has no overdraft so dont want them to know about that account. Should I just transfer my salary myself and tell them I am doing so?

jimbow25

Don't you always have to deal with changing where your salary goes, yourself?

The person who needs to physically change this, is whoever processes your payroll at work. Surely A&L won't ring your payroll department to advise the change, when you can tell them yourself?

EDIT: Sorry I've just noticed that they promise to move your salary on their advert. How on earth does that work?!

Andy_Hamilton

When you sign up you have to select there auto switching function when you get further into the application it then asks you.
Do you wish us to contact your bank and change over all direct debits and standing orders? (you must say yes to this)
Do you wish us to contact your employer to swich account? (up to you)
Do you want your old account closed? (up to you)

I opened an ISA with Barclays today and did not have the heart to say I was switching from them for my current account.

ShelfStacker_3

jimbow25 wrote: »

Don't you always have to deal with changing where your salary goes, yourself?

The person who needs to physically change this, is whoever processes your payroll at work. Surely A&L won't ring your payroll department to advise the change, when you can tell them yourself?

EDIT: Sorry I've just noticed that they promise to move your salary on their advert. How on earth does that work?!

They send a form into your place of work, which they're supposed to process. HSBC, First Direct and Alliance and Leicester gave me such a form when I opened my accounts with them, which I didn't use. Personally, I'd say it's best to do it yourself, because knowing Alliance and Leicester, anything that could go wrong...