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HSBC switch offer

Cannot find a thread on it, and I suspect most users of this forum will be ineligible, but HSBC are offering £175 to switch to them from today (£75 for their lesser account)
I consider myself to be a male feminist. Is that allowed?
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  • 18cc
    18cc Posts: 2,120 Forumite
    You cannot have been a customer with them since 1st of January 2017 well that rules me out!
  • surreysaver
    surreysaver Posts: 5,250 Forumite
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    18cc wrote: »
    You cannot have been a customer with them since 1st of January 2017 well that rules me out!
    At least they're only going back three years!
    And standing orders will do for the switch - doesn't need to be direct debits
    I consider myself to be a male feminist. Is that allowed?
  • Brewer20
    Brewer20 Posts: 395 Forumite
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    Sounds good to me, the standard bank account will do me for £75 free money and no minimum pay-in.
  • I switched away from them in March 2017,is there any chance the switch offer may still wriggle through,or am I wasting my time?
  • Edithgrand wrote: »
    I switched away from them in March 2017,is there any chance the switch offer may still wriggle through,or am I wasting my time?

    You’re asking in the wrong place.

    But probably no.
  • At least they're only going back three years!
    And standing orders will do for the switch - doesn't need to be direct debits

    Just set up some dummy SO’s with a start date sometime in the distant future.

    That’s what I did and it worked.
  • 18cc
    18cc Posts: 2,120 Forumite
    Edithgrand wrote: »
    I switched away from them in March 2017,is there any chance the switch offer may still wriggle through,or am I wasting my time?

    Trouble with trying is that you might be able to open an account but not get the switch reward - this means you will now have been a customer since 2020 and if in the future they have another offer with say 2018 as the date you won't qualify!
  • Edithgrand wrote: »
    I switched away from them in March 2017,is there any chance the switch offer may still wriggle through,or am I wasting my time?

    Same here. I've been keeping an eye on their T&Cs, they are slowly moving forward that date. Hopefully by the end of the year we will be able to take advantage of the switch offer (it will go and come back again).
  • Does anyone have a more specific timescale than "within 30 days" for the incentive to be paid? :)
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