Do I qualify for 1st Direct £125 on maternity pay?

earlofbarrett

Hi,

Normally my monthly pay would meet the £1500 p.m criteria for the free £125 switch but as I'm currently on maternity pay until May, would I qualify if I top it up to £1500 p.m with money from my savings?

Apologies if this is on info is their website, I just couldn't find it!

Thanks in advance.

adamc260

We'll pay £100 per customer or joint relationship if you close your 1st Account within 12 months of opening it, as long as a salary or income of £1,500 per month or more has been paid into that account for at least six months and you haven't previously banked with first direct. You'll also need to have used our Easyswitch service, which means we'll have obtained details of your standing orders and Direct Debits from your previous bankers and arranged to transfer them for you

Take from that what you will

alanq

"We'll pay £100 per customer or joint relationship if you close your 1st Account within 12 months of opening it, ..."
That refers to £100 for closing, the OP wants to know about £125 for opening. The two condition may not be the same.


Update: But in this respect similar wording is used
"...salary/income of at least £1,500 per month"
http://www.interactive.firstdirect.com/moneysupermarketexclusive/?clear=truecode=EXD0000040&WT.mc_id=FSDT_EXD0000040

N.B. £125 Offer ends 12th Feb.

Nine_Lives

I qualified for the account on 18.5k. I get about 1.1k per month paid in.

My brother gets about 16.5k.


I qualified, he didn't.

Biggles

earlofbarrett wrote: »

Normally my monthly pay would meet the £1500 p.m criteria for the free £125 switch but as I'm currently on maternity pay until May, would I qualify if I top it up to £1500 p.m with money from my savings?

Yes, they don't care where the 'income' comes from. I have only ever funded it with £1,500 from my 'main' current account and transferred it back instantly. No problem.