First Direct £125 Switch Offer Advice Needed!

Nikabella

I've had a quick search & couldn't find the answer to my question so hopefully I'm not repeating anything that has already been discussed.

We switched my husbands account to First Direct in at the end of January for the £125 incentive. As with the £100 offer you must pay in £1500 per month & switch 2 direct debits/standing orders. My husbands payroll have not yet transferred his income to the new account, so to try & ensure we didn't miss out on the offer I transferred £1500 from my account, to his FD account, in both January & February. I am hoping his income will be transferred over for March but if not I will do a transfer from my account again.

However, looking at the thread about Co-op's £200 cashback I am now concerned that I may not have paid the £1500 in on the 'right day of the month'. I assumed the month being referred to was a calendar month but now I'm concerned it may be a month related to the date on which you opened/switched the account. Can anyone advise? Has anyone missed out on their First Direct payout due to them paying in on the wrong dates?

All advice much appreciated!

anselld

To be honest you should have already had it. You only need to make the £1500 payment once in the first three months to trigger the switching bonus.

steve1980

You just have to pay in the £1500 WITHIN 30 days of opening the account.

davelees

I opened our account with FD in January, and made our first deposit on 30th January.
We had the £125 credited to the account today :-)

RedLass

Keep checking.

I opened an account with them mid January, but it was not until 22nd February that my first salary payment reached the account.

I received my incentive just today, so maybe you have also

Nikabella

Thank you so much for all your responses. I checked the account this morning (Friday) & the £125 had been credited that day! I'm so pleased it will really help us out at the moment & First Direct have provided a fantastic customer service so far. Now to decide whether to dump Barclays & switch me too!