Making the most of TSB contactless cashback before the end of December

keiran

"""Wilkinson's have a wide range of store gift cards, including their own and they are certainly contactless"""

Are Wilkinsons and Wilko the same thing?

Nationwide8

Contactless defo now up and running at my local Asda,so £200 a month there will give me £10 back until end of December,just a pity they didn't do it months ago !!!

Katiehound

keiran wrote: »

"""Wilkinson's have a wide range of store gift cards, including their own and they are certainly contactless"""

Are Wilkinsons and Wilko the same thing?

As far as I am aware the answer is "Yes"
The store is called Wilkinson but their own goods are branded "Wilco"

Katiehound

Nationwide8 wrote: »

Contactless defo now up and running at my local Asda,so £200 a month there will give me £10 back until end of December,just a pity they didn't do it months ago !!!

Similar thoughts with Tesco. Only seen contactless there a couple of weeks ago ('though it may have been installed last month.)
very aggravating!

MarkFromCornwall

keiran wrote: »

Are Wilkinsons and Wilko the same thing?

According to Wikipedia: "In 2012, Wilkinson began rebranding its stores as Wilko, after its own brand products marketed under the Wilko name, and by 2014, most stores were rebranded."

Dave1979

If you use Apple Pay you don't get the requirement to put the PIN in every x transactions (different between banks).

I have also found that certain retailers don't apply the £30 limit to contactless if it is Apple Pay. I have used the local Adli for a £50 spend using it. It is up to the retailer. I bought an iPad on Apple Pay at John Lewis!

Are TSB definitely ending the cash back or will the renew it? A lot of people will just go back to using it as a savings account and not using it regularly again if they do.

Nick_C

Dave1979 wrote: »

A lot of people will just go back to using it as a savings account and not using it regularly again if they do.

The TSB offers are another loss leader that is unsustainable in the long term. They are building customer base. My guess is that their next move will be to require two active direct debits.

Katiehound

Dave1979 wrote: »

Are TSB definitely ending the cash back or will the renew it? .

Ends December 31st 2016 if you opened the account pre June 1st this year, newer customers have until some time next year (don't know when as it won't apply to me!!!)

Why would they renew it?? no gain for them after all.

harj1185

does anybody know how to find out what date the 5% is calculated from on my account?

Nationwide8

If it's useful to anyone I did manage to put some cash on a Asda Gift card this morning using contactless,if i dont go with the Xmas savings cards I will probably load up some gift cards before end of December 2016 if I have spent less than £200 a month in Asda ( to make total spend £200 a month including what is stored on the gift card )

I haven't worked it out exactly but my cash back is paid usually 18-19th of the month depending on where weekends fall so I assume cash back is calculated roughly 17th ??