Halifax Rewards Current Account - Switching

thebritishbloke

I was going to take advantage of the switch offer to Halifax's Rewards current accounts from an unused HSBC account, I'm just curious about a couple of points:

1. Can you use dud DD's to qualify for the £5, or do they actually have to pay out? (E.g. PayPal etc)
2. To get the £100 switch bonus, am I right in thinking the account you're switching from doesn't have to have any special requirements, i.e. DD's, and you don't have to pay in to the account for X amount of time?
3. I have two current accounts with HSBC, is it possible to use the switching service to switch just one of these?

Thanks!

NotRichAtAll

question 1, think they need to be active

question 2. switching an unused empty account is fine i have done one and my son has done one we both got our £100 on day 8 of the switch

question 3. dunno but at a guess i'd say yes.

Steve_xx

3. Yes - You would give the account number of the account you wanted to switch.

GingerFurball_2

To get the £5 reward every month you must:

Pay in £750 per month
Pay out 2 direct debits per month
Keep the account in credit

thebritishbloke

Thank you everyone for your responses

I gave Halifax a call and confirmed everything, they agreed with everything you've all said. Applied and accepted for a rewards current account, and the switch is in progress.

chrisfreelander54

To get your £5 per month you need 2 different Direct debits set up on the Halifax Account, the best way to go about doing this, is to open a Tesco internet savers account and a Tesco instant access account and set up to pay yourself £1 per month into each.

HTH
Chris

McpPsl

chrisfreelander54 wrote: »

To get your £5 per month you need 2 different Direct debits set up on the Halifax Account, the best way to go about doing this, is to open a Tesco internet savers account and a Tesco instant access account and set up to pay yourself £1 per month into each.

HTH
Chris

:T Brilliant idea! :T

Thanks so much for this Chris.

kind regards

mcppsl