Halifax Reward Current Account - pays you £5 per month.

shymanuk

so i take it that as ive just opened this account on the 29/8/09 i would have to wait till oct to get my first fiver or would it be sept ? as although the account is up and running cant see them paying out after a day or so and how longshould i wait before opening another account ?

10_66

shymanuk wrote: »

so i take it that as ive just opened this account on the 29/8/09 i would have to wait till oct to get my first fiver or would it be sept ? as although the account is up and running cant see them paying out after a day or so and how longshould i wait before opening another account ?

If you've put £1,000 through the account, you should get the £5 in September. It doesn't matter how long you wait to apply for another account. However, it doesn't necessarily mean it will get accepted if you apply. Some have been refused.

YorkshireBoy

10_66 wrote: »

If you've put £1,000 through the account, you should get the £5 in September.

Wasn't there a post recently where someone reported funding on the last weekend, ie a non-bank working day, of the month and the reward wasn't paid?

10_66

YorkshireBoy wrote: »

Wasn't there a post recently where someone reported funding on the last weekend, ie a non-bank working day, of the month and the reward wasn't paid?

I can't remember that (memory slipping these days!).

shymanuk

oh well we will see in the near future but ill let you all know how it goes and i guess it should be there by the 4th atthe latest if im getting it so fingers crossed

YorkshireBoy

shymanuk wrote: »

...i guess it should be there by the 4th atthe latest if im getting it so fingers crossed

You should see it next Wednesday 2nd, backdated to Tuesday 1st, if you get it for this month.


EDIT: As per post #102 above.

glider3560

I opened my account on 28/07/2009. Funded with £1000 on 29/07/2009 and pulled the money out on 30/07/2009. £5 was paid on 01/08/2009.

shymanuk

just looked at my account and the deposit i made has vanished...... spoke to cservice they said you have not put anything in so did it again just to check ive not gone mad, and there it was so i rang them again told what i was told by the other opperator and this lady said thats fine she could see it all there and was in a holding account as not used cash of £100 to open account first ....... told her i saw no where it stated it had to be cash and that that amount was only to trigger the cash card , said she will make sure its back dated so i should get me free £5 but think anyone opening account should fund £100 cash at a branch not to have these probs

glider3560

shymanuk wrote: »

just looked at my account and the deposit i made has vanished...... spoke to cservice they said you have not put anything in so did it again just to check ive not gone mad, and there it was so i rang them again told what i was told by the other opperator and this lady said thats fine she could see it all there and was in a holding account as not used cash of £100 to open account first ....... told her i saw no where it stated it had to be cash and that that amount was only to trigger the cash card , said she will make sure its back dated so i should get me free £5 but think anyone opening account should fund £100 cash at a branch not to have these probs

This happens to absolutely everyone who opens an account but doesn't make the initial transaction in cash. It will return in about 2-3 days and will look like it never disappeared (any negative balances are corrected) and the deposit backdated. Nothing to worry about!

YorkshireBoy

glider3560 wrote: »

This happens to absolutely everyone who opens an account but doesn't make the initial transaction in cash.

Don't recall it happening with my 3 Reward accounts earlier this year. Maybe that's because I was an existing customer (current and savings accounts) and funded with internal transfers?