Offer £250 to switch to Clydesdale, Yorkshire or B

mt99

You have to do a full switch and close your old account.

As others have mentioned, you could quickly open a dummy account elsewhere (or second account at your existing provider) and switch that one.

mhuk01

All 3 are down at the moment. Here's hoping they get the site back up before the offer is pulled.

Gollygumdrops

@mt99

Thanks for that but then if I open a "dummy" account how do you qualify for the two dd's as part of the transfer?

KTF

You dont have to transfer the DD. Set them up on the account after it has been opened.

Gollygumdrops

@KTF

So if I open a second account, (a basic basic current account) with my current bank and give those new details to Yorkshire Bank, when applying, should that be satisfactory?

I suppose I will just have to ditch the debit card (for dummy account) that I receive from my current provider when it arrives?

KTF

Based on what I have seen on this thread the process seems to be.

1. Open the Clydesdale/YBS/B account.
2. Use their switching process to move/close a sacrificial account.
3. Setup 2x paying DD on the Clydesdale/YBS/B account.
4. Pay in £1k a month.
5. Wait for the £250.

schiff

I've got three Bank of Scotland current accounts with Vantage, all maxed out. But I raid it for cash when I need it elsewhere, usually temporarily, because it has the lowest interest in my collection. It's got the direct debits already in place. So I suppose I could switch one of those? And after a decent interval open a third Vantage account to restore the status quo!

Katiehound

schiff wrote: »

I've got three Bank of Scotland current accounts with Vantage, all maxed out. But I raid it for cash when I need it elsewhere, usually temporarily, because it has the lowest interest in my collection. It's got the direct debits already in place. So I suppose I could switch one of those? And after a decent interval open a third Vantage account to restore the status quo!

That's just what I was going to do , I actually moved money out of BOS and then I remembered my second Halifax Reward- opened in the days when you were allowed 2.
Realised that the BOS is earning more than the £3 reward so the Halifax is now going to be switched after 8 years!

ChopperST

Can you do the "B" account if you've previously had a Yorkshire bank switching bonus? Terms are a bit woolly, I understand you couldn't do Clydesdale and then Yorkshire but is the B account different?

ToTo_Man

KTF wrote: »

Based on what I have seen on this thread the process seems to be.

1. Open the Clydesdale/YBS/B account.
2. Use their switching process to move/close a sacrificial account.
3. Setup 2x paying DD on the Clydesdale/YBS/B account.
4. Pay in £1k a month.
5. Wait for the £250.

Can others confirm with certainty that #3 is correct, i.e. that the two DDs can be setup on the Clydesdale account after it has been opened and do not need to have existed previously on the sacrificial account being switched?