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Santander Select Debit Card

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  • dr_adidas01
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    Time is a path from the past to the future and back again. The present is the crossroads of both. :cool:
  • System
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    stclair wrote: »
    If I remember correctly Santander don’t issue black cards anymore for select accounts and everyone just gets the standard red one.

    This isn't correct - they brought out a upgraded Select account that checks eligibility periodically. It has a black Visa debit card.

    The people on the closed Select product (with a gold Visa debit card) will either be upgraded to the newer product or downgraded to a standard 123 with the standard red Visa debit card.

    Once they migrate to debit Mastercard, the gold product will be retired with either a black or red debit card issued.
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  • Cornucopia
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    My Select Card is black and branded Visa. It's a debit card.

    I also have a Santander Zero Card, which is Mastercard.
  • ceredigion
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    Heng_Leng wrote: »
    This isn't correct - they brought out a upgraded Select account that checks eligibility periodically. It has a black Visa debit card.

    The people on the closed Select product (with a gold Visa debit card) will either be upgraded to the newer product or downgraded to a standard 123 with the standard red Visa debit card.

    Once they migrate to debit Mastercard, the gold product will be retired with either a black or red debit card issued.

    They sent me a new gold Select card not that long ago.
  • Alexland
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    ceredigion wrote: »
    They sent me a new gold Select card not that long ago.

    I got one of the last gold ones too. I was thinking of removing batteries from all the world's clocks so it never expires!
  • [Deleted User]
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    Alexland wrote: »
    I got one of the last gold ones too. I was thinking of removing batteries from all the world's clocks so it never expires!

    That won’t stop the International Date Line :beer:
  • Alexland
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    !!! wrote: »
    That won’t stop the International Date Line

    Maybe I could do something with the earth's magnetism to freeze it? Or use the flux capacitor embedded in the gold card to keep going back in time to visit a different Santander branch until they have me visiting their entire network at once asking very persistently for a replacement gold card as mine is about to expire. I doubt they have a plan for that situation.
  • eskbanker
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    Alexland wrote: »
    Maybe I could do something with the earth's magnetism to freeze it? Or use the flux capacitor embedded in the gold card to keep going back in time to visit a different Santander branch until they have me visiting their entire network at once asking very persistently for a replacement gold card as mine is about to expire. I doubt they have a plan for that situation.
    ....but I bet Alliance & Leicester and Abbey National do! ;)
  • JGUK
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    The Image Share link above is what my card looks like!
    Thanks
    JG
  • System
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    ceredigion wrote: »
    They sent me a new gold Select card not that long ago.

    Their migration to debit Mastercard hasn't happened yet but here is a link to info on the new cards
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