Halifax Reward Account changing to £3 charge with “lifestyle rewards”

colsten

pphillips said:

I'm confused about which date the new rewards system starts as it is now stating 1st July on the Halifax website.

It starts at different times for different people. Just Halifax don't automatically tell you which start date applies to you. They may be able to tell you if you call or tweet them. Alternatively, if you were asked to register your choice by May 15, you could assume it starts on June 1 for you.

MACKEM99

colsten said:

pphillips said:

I'm confused about which date the new rewards system starts as it is now stating 1st July on the Halifax website.

It starts at different times for different people. Just Halifax don't automatically tell you which start date applies to you. They may be able to tell you if you call or tweet them. Alternatively, if you were asked to register your choice by May 15, you could assume it starts on June 1 for you.

You know what !!!!!! U ME means

soulsaver

I think you can call the 'June' number and register for your choice of rewards. You'd be complying with the invitation currently displayed on their site - it doesn't say that the option isn't open to those who missed the May deadline...does it?

portenio

ffacoffipawb said:

portenio said:

Hi everyone, first post here!

I have been on MSE for many years but for some reason never registered on the forum.

Thank God I read MSE weekly email Tuesday night as I got to know about the changes and the deadline!

I had no idea as I am away from home and usually don't check my inbox on Halifax Online.

OK so, I read the 60 pages of the thread, each and every message, and today at 3am I called the automated number ending 33, no issues at that time with lines busy of course!

Accidentally I made my choice for my 3 Halifax accounts, despite 1 being an Easycash and all 3 were accepted. There is no rejecting from the automated voice to say "this account doesn't qualify". As is there no user validation like many commented.

It will be fun if eventually it is also converted to new scheme. But realistically I don't think it will. They are not that silly at the Halifax (or maybe they are, we shall see).

Cheers.

Dont read too much into the Easycash account being accepted.

I keyed in my first direct account details (part of HSBC) and it went through the same. I did this to test any validation on account numbers, which proved there wasn't any.

You are right, I had the idea this could happen just after posting my message.
In fact, if you entered a non-existent sort code + account number combination I bet it will be accepted too!
The choices are saved in some system file and validations and further processing will be carried out later on. 

7sefton

Just letting everyone know:

I have three sole Reward accounts from when Halifax allowed multiple ones. I’ve been very happy with the triple rewards I’ve had for the past decade.

I was hoping to be able to upgrade all three to the new T&Cs (even though this isn’t really allowed), but I think the Halifax system telephone registration must recognise the number you call from and only allow one registration from each one.

I’ve been able to upgrade one account, but when I call back trying to register the other two I’m told this isn’t possible because I’ve already registered.

It was good while it lasted

YorkshireBoy

7sefton said:

Just letting everyone know:

I have three sole Reward accounts from when Halifax allowed multiple ones. I’ve been very happy with the triple rewards I’ve had for the past decade.

I was hoping to be able to upgrade all three to the new T&Cs (even though this isn’t really allowed), but I think the Halifax system telephone registration must recognise the number you call from and only allow one registration from each one.

I’ve been able to upgrade one account, but when I call back trying to register the other two I’m told this isn’t possible because I’ve already registered.

It was good while it lasted

Presumably you made your calls before the deadline?

I registered all 4 of my accounts one after the other on calls from the same phone last week. I was given the option to register another account on each call, but chose to make another call instead. I called the number on the letter they sent.

noh

I registered my three accounts during the one call.
Will see what happens,

booklover

Hello everyone

I signed up for the new Halifax Reward Account yesterday and it was a quick and simple process by phone. However, I forgot to deposit 5k yesterday, but did so today. Hope that will be ok. £5 a month is good, in these days of poor interest rates. 

colsten

booklover said:

Hello everyone

I signed up for the new Halifax Reward Account yesterday and it was a quick and simple process by phone. However, I forgot to deposit 5k yesterday, but did so today. Hope that will be ok. £5 a month is good, in these days of poor interest rates. 

You won't be getting any reward before August as the "keep £5k for £5"  offer doesn't start until July 1 for new accounts (June 1 for old ones).

soulsaver

7sefton said:

Just letting everyone know:

I have three sole Reward accounts from when Halifax allowed multiple ones. I’ve been very happy with the triple rewards I’ve had for the past decade.

I was hoping to be able to upgrade all three to the new T&Cs (even though this isn’t really allowed), but I think the Halifax system telephone registration must recognise the number you call from and only allow one registration from each one.

I’ve been able to upgrade one account, but when I call back trying to register the other two I’m told this isn’t possible because I’ve already registered.

It was good while it lasted

Think about it: It won't be telephone number limited. Try the June reg/July start number now it's too late for May/June.