Has M & S Bank ditched its Monthly Saver Gift card bonus?

ClarkeKent

I switched banks last month to M & S which has gone through. I have got around to opening the Regular Saver yet which promised a £10 gift card monthly bonus if I did this.

This now doesn't appear on the M & S site?

Has this offer been pulled and if the offer was shown when I opened my account, could I still qualify?

http://bank.marksandspencer.com/banking/current-accounts/existing-customers/#monthly-saver

SLZ

Did you apply for the Regular Saver before the offer was rescinded? If not then no, you shouldn't qualify. You can always call and ask though.

masonic

I would suggest the bonus you mention is the product of your imagination. There is a £10 monthly gift card bonus available, but it has nothing to do with the monthly saver.

ClarkeKent

Masonic, Indeed it is my mistake. Just rung M & S, the £10 monthly gift card bonus is added every time you pay £1000 into the current account per month for the next 12 months. Not linked to Regular Savings at all.

Aside, it looks like that £10 gift card current account bonus has been removed from new accounts.

colsten

ClarkeKent wrote: »

the £10 monthly gift card bonus is added every time you pay £1000 into the current account per month for the next 12 months

it is only paid if you successfully participated in the switching offer that included the 12 x £10 bonus, and if you pay a minimum of £1K/mth into the switched account for 12 months after the switch date.

This switch offer is no longer available.

LXdaddy

colsten wrote: »

it is only paid if you successfully participated in the switching offer that included the 12 x £10 bonus, and if you pay a minimum of £1K/mth into the switched account for 12 months after the switch date.

This switch offer is no longer available.

But if you started your application for the account BEFORE the offer ended then you are eligible for the bonus even if the account is opened after the end of the offer.

ceredigion

LXdaddy wrote: »

But if you started your application for the account BEFORE the offer ended then you are eligible for the bonus even if the account is opened after the end of the offer.

The bonus was part of a switching incentive, so you would of had to instigate the switch prior to it been pulled. Nothing to do with opening the account.

LXdaddy

ceredigion wrote: »

The bonus was part of a switching incentive, so you would of had to instigate the switch prior to it been pulled. Nothing to do with opening the account.

I was told that as long as the account opening happens inside the offer period and the switch is initiated within (I think) 30 days of account opening then the switch incentives will be paid.

I'll let you know how we get on with my OH application.

YorkshireBoy

LXdaddy wrote: »

I was told that as long as the account opening happens inside the offer period and the switch is initiated within (I think) 30 days of account opening then the switch incentives will be paid.

I'll let you know how we get on with my OH application.

It's "3 months".

ClarkeKent wrote:

Just rung M & S, the £10 monthly gift card bonus is added every time you pay £1000 into the current account per month for the next 12 months.

There's something else you have to do, in addition to the monthly credit. Did they forget to tell you or did you forget to post it above?

LXdaddy

LXdaddy wrote:

as long as the ... switch is initiated within (I think) 30 days

YorkshireBoy wrote: »

It's "3 months".

Thanks I knew it had a three in it

liamcov

Does anyone know when this was pulled?

I applied for the account on 4 Apr and then started the switch process on 20 Apr (ie. that was my first call to them requesting a switch). My switch date was 11 May, all has gone smoothly and I have opened the Reg Saver too.

But on the phone call on 20 Apr the lady told me about the £100 gift card but when I mentioned the extra £10 a month she said I was too late for that. I'm sure when I applied on the 4 Apr the offer was still available as I went via MSE and remember reading it on the page there.

So to qualify for the extra £10 did the account have to be applied for, opened or started the switch process by the date it was withdrawn?

I suspect with these things it is the date you apply for the account that matters - if so should I write or email them?