Upgrade Halifax Current to Rewards Current

antdon

Hello all

Has anyone updated their Halifax Current account to a Rewards Current account (not ultimate rewards)??

Did you have any problems?
Did they issue new cards?
Was there any delays?

Or did they just change the name and leave everything as was? (except for the £5 a month)

Any advice would be helpful Thanks....

YorkshireBoy

antdon wrote: »

Or did they just change the name and leave everything as was? (except for the £5 a month)

That's all they do, yes.

You need to ask them to 'redesignate' the account a Reward variant, not 'upgrade' it.

antdon

Many thanks for the reply Yorkshireboy...

But Why not upgrade??

Mandelbrot

'Upgrade' in Halifax-speak usually means a change to something you pay them for.

Nine_Lives

OR cancel & then join, bagging yourself £100 in the process.

Unless they "do a First Direct" on you & remember all previous customers within the past 500 years.

u704446

K_P83 wrote: »

OR cancel & then join, bagging yourself £100 in the process.

Unless they "do a First Direct" on you & remember all previous customers within the past 500 years.

I'd never thought of that!

Redouble

Mandelbrot wrote: »

'Upgrade' in Halifax-speak usually means a change to something you pay them for.

Sort to jump in but can I ask for Clarification on what this means (as in it's impact to me?) we upgraded our account - I had no knowledge of redesignaion, well I still don't! - is this going to have a negative effect on us or our account then?

whitewater_2

it means the exact same thing, as long as you specify its the reward account you will be fine.

Mandelbrot

whitewater wrote: »

it means the exact same thing, as long as you specify its the reward account you will be fine.

As long as you specify it's the 'Reward' current account rather than the 'Ultimate Reward' current account, you'll be fine.

antdon

Thanks for all the replies

Walked into the bank asked to change from current to reward current..... 2 mins.... easy as long as they dont screw it up