Halifax switch - spinning wheel of death

BoGoF

And just to confirn it worked doing it that way as £50 incentive paid today.

Brewer20

Thank you for the last two posts, I'l have a go that way.


wallofbeans the chat box comes up (bottom right I think) when you are browsing the website after a minute or two, it does on a few websites (banks) especially if you don't log on.

Brewer20

Halifax account open now.


Just to confirm as mentioned above, click I'll switch later at the first time of asking in the application. When you near the end of the application it will then ask again do you want to switch or carry on without switching, at this point I clicked switch then entered my bank details asked and sure enough I now have a bank account.

wallofbeans

Brewer20 wrote: »

Halifax account open now.


Just to confirm as mentioned above, click I'll switch later at the first time of asking in the application. When you near the end of the application it will then ask again do you want to switch or carry on without switching, at this point I clicked switch then entered my bank details asked and sure enough I now have a bank account.

Tried that too. I didn't get asked if I wanted to switch again though. But was able to log in to my account and then set up the switch from there. And now it seems to be moving along as it should.

A glitch in the Halifax system. But a simple work around that they have no idea about!

Missus_Hyde

There was a similar thread here https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5916643/halifax-on-line-application-problems-anybody

I had the same problem opening an account with the Halifax and did eventually get it sorted after some unnecessary to-ing and fro-ing.

However, I was able to collect the Halifax bonus, ready to switch that account to NatWest for their switching bonus due in February, so it was worth the palaver involved.

Brewer20

I think it's hit and miss whether you get the spinning wheel or not.


I tried 3 times and got there in the end for myself. My wife however opened an account the way I told her to and it worked the 2nd time for her, she waited 24 hours before reapplying.


Strange happenings though, I can get into internet banking straight off (logging in etc) although they said I would need to wait for an activation code. My wife however can't get access without the activation code, that's coming via the post. The only thing we did differently was I downloaded the phone banking app after logging in to the account, she downloaded the app beforehand.

There's some bumpf about now go to sign in to your account or download the app for iOS or iPhone but you'll need an activation code for that.