I've had a student account for 4 years already and about to do another course

EJ

Hi All,,

I've had a student account for 4 years already and about to do another course (3 years) - do you think that the banks will extend the interest free overdraft (i mean in time rather than increasing the amount of o/d available) to cover that or will i have to reapply? Anyone managed to get it for duration of 2 degrees?

I'm going to check with the bank but just want to see if it has been done by anyone else's bank.

Cheers

EJ

Idiophreak

I wouldn't have thought it would be a problem - you are still a student afterall.

HSBC gave me a student bank account for my masters, although that was only the one year...

melancholly

Just go in with your student card - I've had a student account since 1999 (with a year off at one point) with natwest. I still have my lovely big interest free overdaft (although at the moment, thankfully it's not being used!).

Kizzy001

i've had a student accoount with HSBC since 1997. I haven't been a student for a while, but its still a student account........ and i've told them...

celyn90

Hi EJ, I've had my Barclays student account since 1997 too (still at Uni ). They occassionally ask me to prove I'm still a student, but a letter from college is fine and they just extend my status. They may send you a letter congratulating you on graduation, but just ring them up and tell them your carying on. Last time I did this, they'd already changed me to a graduate account and when they put me back to a student account, I got all the freebies again!

EJ

celyn90 wrote:

Hi EJ, I've had my Barclays student account since 1997 too (still at Uni ). They occassionally ask me to prove I'm still a student, but a letter from college is fine and they just extend my status. They may send you a letter congratulating you on graduation, but just ring them up and tell them your carying on. Last time I did this, they'd already changed me to a graduate account and when they put me back to a student account, I got all the freebies again!

Hey that would be a good result Perhaps i'll wait for that too and give it a whirl

Thanks everyone - will go to the bank tomorrow and check

Cheers

EJ