Using a Visa debit card at the Post Office

MoneySavingMouse

I have an Alliance & Leicester Visa debit card which I can use to withdraw cash at the Post Office.

When this card expires in November of this year, am I right to think I will receive a new Santander card, which I can't withdraw cash at the Post Office with? :-(

Thanks

originator

No it's fine to use your new santander card,I've done it loads at the PO

JacksterD

MoneySavingMouse wrote: »

I have an Alliance & Leicester Visa debit card which I can use to withdraw cash at the Post Office.

When this card expires in November of this year, am I right to think I will receive a new Santander card, which I can't withdraw cash at the Post Office with? :-(

Thanks

Santander's policy is that former Alliance and Leicester customers will continue (for the time being, at least) to be able to withdraw and pay in cash with their card at Post Office branches, and this follows the account as opposed to the card.

sweep9

My experience of the change after I got my Santander card...

> You can no longer pay in using just your card...
> You cannot withdraw direct from your account anymore, it now works like you make a withdrawal through an ATM so you have a limit (Mine is £250 per day). It shows as a LINK withdrawal on the receipt and the Chip and Pin machine

MoneySavingMouse

Will my new card say 'Santander' on it, even though it's an old A&L account? Thanks

dazza.mk

MoneySavingMouse wrote: »

Will my new card say 'Santander' on it, even though it's an old A&L account? Thanks

Yes it will, its now a Santander account (even if the account type is a legacy A&L account)

originator

sweep9 wrote: »

My experience of the change after I got my Santander card...

> You can no longer pay in using just your card...
> You cannot withdraw direct from your account anymore, it now works like you make a withdrawal through an ATM so you have a limit (Mine is £250 per day). It shows as a LINK withdrawal on the receipt and the Chip and Pin machine

I can make cash deposits and withdrawals with my santander card(replacement Alliance and Leicester) at the post office.The receipt has no ref on it to LINK.Had the card a while though,maybe the rules have changed:o

dzug1

sweep9 wrote: »

My experience of the change after I got my Santander card...

> You can no longer pay in using just your card...
> You cannot withdraw direct from your account anymore, it now works like you make a withdrawal through an ATM so you have a limit (Mine is £250 per day). It shows as a LINK withdrawal on the receipt and the Chip and Pin machine

That's not my experience - I've paid in using just my card (very recently) and there always has IIRC been a limit on withdrawals.

It shows up as as a cash withdrawal and not Link too


So something odd is going on - maybe different sorts of accounts?

JacksterD

dzug1 wrote: »

That's not my experience - I've paid in using just my card (very recently) and there always has IIRC been a limit on withdrawals.

It shows up as as a cash withdrawal and not Link too


So something odd is going on - maybe different sorts of accounts?

Is it possible one account is a former A&L account and the other is a Santander Basic Account? The Basic Account would behave like most other basic accounts at the PO I think - withdrawal through the Link system, no ability to pay in - whereas the former A&L account would behave more like an old Girobank account.

originator

JacksterD wrote: »

Is it possible one account is a former A&L account and the other is a Santander Basic Account? The Basic Account would behave like most other basic accounts at the PO I think - withdrawal through the Link system, no ability to pay in - whereas the former A&L account would behave more like an old Girobank account.

yup mine did indeed start out as a girobank acc all those years ago!