HSBC £75 Switch Bonus

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I have opened an HSBC Bank Account today but as yet have no details of account no, sort code, etc until either emailed or posted to me. When filling in the application online I answered NO to the question of switching in another account because I didn’t want any switch to complete until 24 December. I didn’t realise that you could nominate a date in the future while applying for the account. The HSBC website is saying that the switch bonus will end on 2 December. As I have opened the account today 27 November, do I have 30 days to instruct HSBC to start the switching process or should I be starting the switch before midnight on 2 December to get the £75 bonus. If I don’t receive my account details by lunchtime on 2 December to do it online, should I go to my local branch to sort it out.

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https://www.hsbc.co.uk/content/dam/hsbc/gb/pdf/hsbc-bank-account-75-switcher-offer.pdf

The T&Cs clearly say what you need to do.

Eligibility criteria for Offer Payment
2. You will qualify for the switcher offer described in these
Offer Terms if you:
(a) apply for an HSBC Bank Account from 16 September
2019 until 2 December 2019 inclusive (or before the offer
is withdrawn - see term 9 below), and subsequently open
that account;
(b) are not an existing HSBC current account holder on the
date of application and have not been on or after 1 January
2016*1
. Where your HSBC Bank Account is a joint account, at
least one of the joint account holders must complete the switch
from either a sole account in their own name or another joint
account in the same names;
(c) instruct us to start a full switch of a current account,
including at least two Direct Debits or Standing Orders, to
your HSBC Bank Account using the Current Account Switch
Service*2
(“CASS”) to start within 30 days of the date of
your HSBC Bank Account being opened;
(d) successfully switch your bank account using the CASS
from an account of another UK bank or building society that
participates in the CASS; and
(e) continue to hold an HSBC Bank Account on the date we
make the Offer Payment.