How long before you can rejoin Sainsbury's as a 'new customer'?

JustAnotherSaver

I've had a look and couldn't find the answer. Their Twitter doesn't seem to be for answering these types of questions?

I see they offer the longest 0% on purchases so i was wondering how long you need to have had your account closed with them before you can take out a new card and benefit from their new customer offer?

born_again

So how long since you held a Sainsburys Credit Card?

coachman12

I think Sainsburys has a short period of 90 days compared to most other banks which normally use a 6 month period.

JustAnotherSaver

coachman12 said:

I think Sainsburys has a short period of 90 days compared to most other banks which normally use a 6 month period.

Thanks. I'll see if i can get through to them to get an answer for sure. Only get 30mins for my dinner break so may or may not be able to.

anna42hmr

i cancelled my Sainsbury's credit card last weekend as it has just finished the 0% deal. As part of the script they read out it stated i would not be eligible for a new credit card until 90 days had lapsed after the closure of the card.    

JustAnotherSaver

anna42hmr said:

i cancelled my Sainsbury's credit card last weekend as it has just finished the 0% deal. As part of the script they read out it stated i would not be eligible for a new credit card until 90 days had lapsed after the closure of the card.    

Thank you very much.

I was looking at buying a new phone so was going to get the longest deal card i could get. Not 100% sure on going ahead with the purchase so that could buy me some time until i decide

redux

They turned down my application about two years ago, saying they couldn't create a second account for existing customers.

I phoned up and said I hadn't had an account with them for several years. They admitted this, but some glitch on their systems was still wrongly treating it as a live account, and they'd had other people experience this. They said they would fix it and I could try again. I said no point now as I got a new card elsewhere.

I imagine they should have fixed this issue by now, but it might be worth a chat if you get a similar problem.