First Direct- 6 Free bottles of wine

ukric

Got a mail through from first direct.

If you have not had a first direct credit card (standard or gold) in the last 365 days, then your a new customer.

If you apply before 28feb05 for the card then they send you 6 bottles of wine (dunno what type)

No minimum spend on the card, you dont even have to be accepted for the card (i phoned to check) you just have to apply for it!

Drink anyone? *hic*

Also to go with this (on the same flyer) there was a deal which might appeal to stoozers.....

Open a savings account (Everyday Savings Account, Bonus Savings or Savings Account- Savings Account has the best rate for instant access with fdir) between 03jan05 and 31mar05 and deposit £2500 or more and they'll credit your account with £15. When I checked on the T&C's with customer services it turns out you have to have the 2500 in the account for 28 day (a month) however on £2500 you'll be hard pressed to find any savings account that would offer that amount of interest in just one month (i think). Obviously I wouldnt advocate putting any more than the minimum in but you get £15 plus interest for not much work. Hence where my 0% for 5 months egg aniversary offer is going

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Found T&C's

£15 savings account incentive
Deposit £2,500 or more into a new or existing qualifying savings account before 31 March 2005 from a non-first direct account and we'll give you £15
Qualifying accounts are Bonus Savings Account, Savings Account and Everyday Savings Account
e-Savings Account, cash ISA and savings accounts linked to an offset Mortgage are excluded from this offer
Deposits must be maintained in the account for a minimum of 3 months. Balances withdrawn during this period will result in the £15 cash back incentive becoming repayable
The £15 will be paid into your savings account within 28 days of the credit being received
Maximum of one cash back payment per customer or joint account relationship.
credit card wine offer
Recipients must be 18 years or over and must apply for a credit card before 28 February 2005
In the unlikely event of a wine becoming unavailable, a substitute of similar style and of equal or greater value will be supplied
Please allow six weeks for delivery from when the card is opened
UK addresses only, excluding the Channel Islands
Wine incentive not available to:
existing first direct credit cardholders
customers who have closed their credit card account within the last 365 days
to customers converting from one first direct credit card to another
Wine incentive will only be paid to account holder and not to any additional cardholders
Maximum of one wine incentive per customer irrespective of the number of cards opened
There is no cash alternative to this offer.
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Credit card might be alrightish (probably better out there) but savings account with 3month tie in makes it not worth it, stick it in an isa

Reaper

The wine offer has been around for a while though its a good one (see the Sticky Freebies thread above), but the savings one is quite new. There is also £20 cashback for taking out various products such as travel insurance.

For a list of all their current offers click here.

Anon

Is there a promotional code for the free wine on the form? Worth knowing so that you can quote it to them on the phone if necessary.

Many thanks

Anon

ukric

No there's no promotional code, but when I did phone I was told it was for "selected" customers only, .......and if u believe that........lol

deemy2004

I don't drink

Anyone got the free wine, if so whats it worth ?,

Is it worth flogging on ebay ?

Anon

Did anyone get the wine from this credit card offer? My wife applied for a current account (supposed to be £35) and a credit card at the same time but still hasn't had either incentive?

Many thanks

Anon

ffacoffipawb

Will the moneysaver who left his six bottles of wine at Euston Station please call in to the lost property office, where the man who found them has just been handed in .........

Tim_L

It's very nice wine - Laithwaites - and excellent quality.

Cook_County

The letter I received today (the application was back in February) said "unfortunately the offer to open a Credit Card and receive six free bottles of wine was only open to existing customers" (which I was not).

I am sure I could complain to the advertising standards authority; because the web page said nothing of the sort; but at a practical level can I have some observations on my next step here...