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Santander 1-2-3 account

What's the catch?

I'm looking at moving our joint account (the one all the bills get paid from) and it does at first glance appear to be a very good account. Is it that they're very tough with who can open one, or that it's such a faff to get the cashback that people don't bother?

Or is it actually as good as it seems?

Any thoughts / feedback on this much appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

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  • Archi_Bald
    Archi_Bald Posts: 9,681 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    No catches.

    Search the forum, lots of people here have 123 accounts.
  • badger09
    badger09 Posts: 11,877 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Ingsy wrote: »
    What's the catch?

    I'm looking at moving our joint account (the one all the bills get paid from) and it does at first glance appear to be a very good account. Is it that they're very tough with who can open one, or that it's such a faff to get the cashback that people don't bother?

    Or is it actually as good as it seems?

    Any thoughts / feedback on this much appreciated.

    Thanks in advance.

    No catch

    Don't know if they're very tough - there are occasional posts from people who've been declined

    If you mean cashback from a referral site, I can't comment, but cashback on various utility DDs is no faff at all

    Excellent account - does what is says on the (very good value) tin :T
  • No_6
    No_6 Posts: 835 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Had a good start with them, opened up account and transferred all my DD's myself, all working well and making money.
    No problems so far !


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  • Ingsy
    Ingsy Posts: 175 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    That's great, thanks for the feedback :)
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