Cashing in premium Bonds

RG2015

This is a Sunday afternoon / lockdown type post and not really MSE so don't take it too seriously.

My parents bought me £5 worth of Premium Bonds in the 50s when I was a child. I found these a few years ago with a very old address on them. Nevertheless, I was able to get the address updated and open an NS&I online account and they were there. I have since added to these and won £25 on one of the new numbers.

I was just browsing the site and saw that if I wished to cash in any Premium Bonds they automatically cash in the oldest Bonds first. I am not usually sentimental, but I do not want to cash in these 5 bonds. You never know, they may one day win me a fortune.

I guess this means that I will never cash in any.

olgadapolga

RG2015 said:

This is a Sunday afternoon / lockdown type post and not really MSE so don't take it too seriously.

My parents bought me £5 worth of Premium Bonds in the 50s when I was a child. I found these a few years ago with a very old address on them. Nevertheless, I was able to get the address updated and open an NS&I online account and they were there. I have since added to these and won £25 on one of the new numbers.

I was just browsing the site and saw that if I wished to cash in any Premium Bonds they automatically cash in the oldest Bonds first. I am not usually sentimental, but I do not want to cash in these 5 bonds. You never know, they may one day win me a fortune.

I guess this means that I will never cash in any.

I understood that if you applied by post to cash in bonds, then you could choose which ones to cash in. Certainly when going via an online account you don't get a choice.

RG2015

Many thanks, @olgadapolga !

I have just located the online form and I can choose the Bond numbers I wish to cash in.