Barclays Blue Rewards on more than one account

beefturnmail

I seem to have ended up with 2 barclays current accounts when applying recently (the first online application threw me out and I was directed to a page telling me to restart, but then it seems both applications have gone through).


I was wondering if I could keep the second barclays account to earn additional rewards - can't see anything in the t & c to stop this... Has anyone managed to get rewards on more than one account?

[Deleted User]

If you have more than one current account eligible for Blue Rewards (not all Barclays current accounts qualify for the rewards scheme), you have to select which one you want to earn rewards on. You cannot earn rewards on more than one.

polymaff

Deleted_User wrote: »

If you have more than one current account eligible for Blue Rewards (not all Barclays current accounts qualify for the rewards scheme), you have to select which one you want to earn rewards on. You cannot earn rewards on more than one.

Can you quote?

youngretired

It's in the Blue Rewards T&C's, it's always only been 1 in your name.

polymaff

youngretired wrote: »

It's in the Blue Rewards T&C's, it's always only been 1 in your name.

Can you quote?

[Deleted User]

polymaff wrote: »

Can you quote?

From the Barclay Blue Rewards T and Cs:-

Who can join Barclays Blue Rewards
To join Barclays Blue Rewards, you need to be a resident in the UK for tax purposes and have an eligible current account with Barclays. You’ll need to nominate an eligible Barclays current account for Barclays Blue Rewards to get the benefits. Your account can be a joint account, but only one of you will be able to join Barclays Blue Rewards from that account – so we’ll tell the other person if you join so they know they can’t also use that account to join Barclays Blue Rewards.

If you have a Barclays Basic Current Account, a Young Person’s account, BarclayPlus, a foreign currency account, or a Barclays Wealth or Barclays Business account, we’re sorry, these are not eligible current accounts and you can’t use these to join Barclays Blue Rewards at the moment. However, we will keep reviewing and adding to the range of accounts that are eligible for Barclays Blue Rewards.

The monthly fee
We charge a fee of £3 each month. Your monthly fee will be taken from your nominated account on the 2nd working day of each month. The first monthly fee will be taken in the month after you join Barclays Blue Rewards. It will show in your statement as ’Blue Rewards fee’.

What you have to do to earn Barclays Blue Rewards
To earn Barclays Blue Rewards, you must do two things each calendar month:

You must have at least £800 paid into your nominated current account, for example through your salary or pension (some payments won’t count towards the £800 – please see below).
You must pay the £3 monthly fee.
As long as you do these two things in the previous calendar month, we’ll add any regular product loyalty rewards (including any direct debit loyalty reward) or enhanced cashback to your Rewards Wallet on the 2nd working day of each month.

mije1983

It doesn't state you can only nominate 1 account though. It could be argued that saying you have to nominate an account just means that it's an 'opt-in' reward scheme, which it is.

polymaff

mije1983 wrote: »

It doesn't state you can only nominate 1 account though. It could be argued that saying you have to nominate an account just means that it's an 'opt-in' reward scheme, which it is.

You beat me to it, mje.

Only one Blue Reward per eligible account. No limit on the number of eligible accounts for which Blue Reward can be activated.

[Deleted User]

polymaff wrote: »

You beat me to it, mje.

Only one Blue Reward per eligible account. No limit on the number of eligible accounts for which Blue Reward can be activated.

Can anyone confirm that they are receiving blue rewards on more than one eligible current account?

beefturnmail

Seems like I haven't just got two separate accounts, but I am actually (in Barclay's eyes) two separate customers - they've sent me two different codes for internet banking, with different customer numbers and two different telephone banking PINS. Will wait till the switch goes through on the first account, then try to set up blue rewards on the second and see what happens...

Shakin_Steve

beefturnmail wrote: »

Seems like I haven't just got two separate accounts, but I am actually (in Barclay's eyes) two separate customers - they've sent me two different codes for internet banking, with different customer numbers and two different telephone banking PINS. Will wait till the switch goes through on the first account, then try to set up blue rewards on the second and see what happens...

They think you're two different customers? Now...why would anyone want to open two accounts posing as two different people, I wonder?
I'd be very careful that they don't close both accounts and put a fraud marker against you, especially as you don't seem in any rush to tell them.