£145 for switching to A&L (includes £45 from Quidco)

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If you switch to an Alliance & Leicester current account you can get £45 through Quidco plus the £100 that you get from A&L for switching to them.

You need to pay in £500 per month
0% overdraft for 12 months then 50p per day (max £5 per month)
Free Travel insurance

More details about the account in the Banking/Saving section of MSE

Might be useful for people who have received the letter regarding the changes to charger from Halifax and looking to change bank.

http://www.quidco.com/alliance-leicester-current-accounts/

Lube

Topcashback also do £45 offer http://www.topcashback.co.uk/retailerdetailAlliance_and_Leicester_Banking.htm

A&L or owned by Satander not the best bank company in world

bristolleedsfan

Lube wrote: »

Topcashback also do £45 offer http://www.topcashback.co.uk/retailerdetailAlliance_and_Leicester_Banking.htm

This is the account that has the 100.00 switch offer, TCB are offering 50.00 + up to 10% more depending on loyalty.
Premier Current Account £50.00

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Even better! Shame I already have an A&L account.

I've had no problems with my A&L account in over a year. However Abbey (also part of Satander) is a different story. I hope I never have a reason to contact customer services again!

gemmacarolyn

Could this also be used with a referal for another £25?

Roger_Rampant

Lube wrote: »

A&L or owned by Satander not the best bank company in world

Are you saying that because you have had bad personal experiences with them? I was under the impression that they had survived recent banking disasters relatively unscathed:

In an age of billion dollar losses and complex financial assets, Santander's fortunes speak to the advantages of a simpler approach. Spain's largest bank "lends to their clients, takes deposits from their clients, and runs a network of branches," says Antonio Ramirez, analyst at investment bank Keefe, Bruyette & Woods in London. "It's quite simple, quite traditional." Focused on retail banking, with limited investment banking operations, and with a long-buoyant domestic market to lean on, Santander side-stepped the toxic assets caught up in the collapse of the U.S. sub-prime mortgage market.

http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1845471,00.html

bristolleedsfan

Roger_Rampant wrote: »

Are you saying that because you have had bad personal experiences with them?

TBH, both A+L and Abbey are pretty poor from my experiences as well, worth opening an account with, switching a few payments too then closing once the 100.00 has been paid though. :beer: ( Cashback Site payments get made earlier, again from experience)

Roger_Rampant

A&L were absolutely awesome when they were still a Building Society, but they certainly went downhill after they became a bank...

gemmacarolyn

Something else to be aware of: Cashback takes 4-6months to be paid on this. I opened my account with them in June and was told that it tracks and gets paid at £0.00: Then after 3 months of that happening, it will show £45, which will then be paid.

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I think you have to pay £500 in for at least 3 months before getting the £100 from A&L so maybe the cashback allows for this as well. I'd actually forgotten about it when I got the £100 paid in when I switched!

Spandy

Any answers?

gemmacarolyn wrote: »

Could this also be used with a referal for another £25?

Can an individual get a total of £170?:rolleyes:

Does anyone have follow up on this point? -
- can an individual get £25 for being referred by a friend
(referring friend also gets £25)
£100 for switch from A-L
£45 from topcashback.co.uk (better tracking record than quidco, rate checked today - 13/10/09)

Also, can I get the £25 for referring a friend if I have a cash ISA with A-L? (Already taken out this year's subscription, so wondered where £25 would be paid, since I prolly don't qualify for the £100)

GLTA