Co-op £100 switch incentive is back

YorkshireBoy

badger09 wrote: »

Dammit

I knew I should have switched away a while ago.

Been with them as my 'main' honestly current account for over 40 years: too late now to bag their switching bonus

In a similar situation myself. Been keeping my Co-op account (opened years ago for another £100 offer) as a donor account ready for offers elsewhere.


Only closed it 3 weeks ago (still have NatWest and HSBC as donors), but it took them until this week to confirm it's closure after some issues with the linked savings account.


Probably a bit too early to re-apply, although may sound the branch out (we have one in our local supermarket) and see what they say.


Just a word of warning to others, I and many more people had to raise formal complaints last time they ran such an offer in order to receive the £100 (and a bit of extra goodwill )...so prepare yourselves because their admin is not the best!

starM

Hi, I setup 2 standing orders on my Natwest account and 2 SO on my wifes Barclays account. Both were not being used for sometime.

Visited Co-OP branch and arranged accounts to be transferred. It was all straight forward. They said account switching completion date will be 13/02.

MS

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Cheers for this, applied tonight

I did try for the Halifax £100 as I have an unused Reward Account in my sole name but my RBS account is in joint names.

Been tying for the last month to convert to a sole but despite jumping though all the hoops nothing happens and of course nobody knows anything....

At last I can get the £100 and ditch RBS :j

starM

jeepjunkie wrote: »

Cheers for this, applied tonight

I did try for the Halifax £100 as I have an unused Reward Account in my sole name but my RBS account is in joint names.

Been tying for the last month to convert to a sole but despite jumping though all the hoops nothing happens and of course nobody knows anything....

At last I can get the £100 and ditch RBS :j

Why not open up a secondary current account and setup some DD/SO and use that to transfer to Halifax. I have done that and its easy £100 + £5 Reward payment.

DJBenson

I had a dormant "Britannia" account which I "switched" to last year (for £100) - never used it as my main account so I called the Coop up today and have kicked off the switching process to that account and have confirmation I am eligible for the £100 offer

EDIT: Existing customers need to switch by phone - took about 15 minutes and the handler was friendly enough.

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starM wrote: »

Why not open up a secondary current account and setup some DD/SO and use that to transfer to Halifax. I have done that and its easy £100 + £5 Reward payment.

Yeah why not I have plenty of DDs to go around

DragonQ

Yay, I could use some easy money after these ridiculous interest rate drops. Set up 2 SOs on one of my now-useless FlexDirect accounts and applied.

I took advantage of their £200 switching reward a couple of years ago, everything went well with that. Their online banking was a bit crap back then but might be different now. Had no problem with them but also no reason to stick around, since Lloyds TSB offered 3% interest instead of 0%.

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jeepjunkie wrote: »

Yeah why not I have plenty of DDs to go around

Just applied for an RBS Current Account a few mins ago and was approved. A/c should be live in two days. Once some DDs are transferred I'll try for the Halifax £100 too.

£100 from Halifax + £100 Coop + Childs new iPod

Cheers all!

waterwatereverywhere

Hi,

Apologies if this has already been answered and I've missed it, but does anyone know if they make you actually CLOSE the account you are switching to them?

I too have the FlexDirect but I think it has a few more months left to run on it of the higher interest rate so would prefer to keep it open until that has expired.

For the Standing Orders, can I just go into the FlexDirect and create two SOs to another one of my own accounts with a different bank for, say, £1 each?

Will they make you switch ALL of your DDs and SOs or can you be selective?

Thx in advance.

veryintrigued

waterwatereverywhere wrote: »

Hi,

Apologies if this has already been answered and I've missed it, but does anyone know if they make you actually CLOSE the account you are switching to them?

I too have the FlexDirect but I think it has a few more months left to run on it of the higher interest rate so would prefer to keep it open until that has expired.

For the Standing Orders, can I just go into the FlexDirect and create two SOs to another one of my own accounts with a different bank for, say, £1 each?

Will they make you switch ALL of your DDs and SOs or can you be selective?

Thx in advance.

Follow link and read 7.1 and 7.2.

http://www.co-operativebank.co.uk/currentaccounts/125switch/terms?int_cmp=CA_CA_125-tandc_terms_viewfulltermsandconditions