Possible £100 Halifax switch offer starting 4/8/20

castle96

Halifax have refused mine due to my debit card details being 'wrong'. They are not. Phoning Nat West with little progress so far. One will blame the other....

Rhinorm49

When you click complete application (subject to acceptance) you will then be presented with switching into your new account, got this twice, one for me and one for OH. In any case if not presented, then as pointed out you can independently use the switch service to move the switching account into your new account to fulfill the criteria, and offer
BTW, in answer to Herbalus query... both my online and App are showing all accounts including the Reward downgraded account for which i have already moved funds between the Reward and new Reward Extra accounts.
Awaiting new debit card for the new Reward Extra account, and £100.00?
Will update of any changes.

colsten

You cannot apply for a Reward Extra account. The only options you have, unless you already have the maximum allowed of the respective account type,  are the Reward Current account and the Ultimate Reward Current account. The switch offer is for one of these two accounts. The switch terms do, unsurprisingly, not mention the Reward Extras (which can independently be added to either account) so there is no point fiddling about with the Reward Extras.

Notwithstanding, downgrading either a  Reward Current account or an Ultimate Reward Current account to a bog-standard current account might open the option for you to apply for a new one. I say might because if you are still over the maximum allowed after the downgrade, all you would have done is lost £60 (12 x £5). Those fortunate enough to have many Reward Current accounts will no doubt know this but I thought I mention it anyway.

ischris85

Yorkshire_Pud said:

SpanishBlue said:

I already have a Halifax current account. When I logon and go through the process to open a Reward account, after answering a few questions, I get to the stage where I tick the box to agree their T & Cs, and the next thing to do is to click on "Complete application".

I am reluctant to click on "Complete application" as I have not been asked yet if I want to switch from an old account into my new Reward account that I am about to open.

What am I doing wrong?

Complete application to get accepted or not. If accepted you then get further questions, do you want an overdraft and do you want to switch an account to Halifax.
When I completed the long winded switch details it failed at the last page but the account was opened. I phoned the switch team next day and did it over the phone, 10 minute call, they advised about the £100 offer too.

Did you open 2nd reward account or Ultimate reward account?

Rhinorm49

Many apologies... seems to have Extra(s) on the brain.Yes, Reward Current Account is the correct title.
Also, just to clarify I downgraded the Reward Current that I opened last week to Current Account and re-opened a new Reward Current (it allowed me to do this, and complete the switch on-line)
The process is /was exactly as described by Yorkshire_Pud above.

Yorkshire_Pud

ischris85 said:

Yorkshire_Pud said:

SpanishBlue said:

I already have a Halifax current account. When I logon and go through the process to open a Reward account, after answering a few questions, I get to the stage where I tick the box to agree their T & Cs, and the next thing to do is to click on "Complete application".

I am reluctant to click on "Complete application" as I have not been asked yet if I want to switch from an old account into my new Reward account that I am about to open.

What am I doing wrong?

Complete application to get accepted or not. If accepted you then get further questions, do you want an overdraft and do you want to switch an account to Halifax.
When I completed the long winded switch details it failed at the last page but the account was opened. I phoned the switch team next day and did it over the phone, 10 minute call, they advised about the £100 offer too.

Did you open 2nd reward account or Ultimate reward account?

Ultimate Reward. Switch team said the £100 will be paid into my new account anytime up to switch day but could be days before once switch is confirmed.  By switch day I should have my new account card and the dosh. The day after switch day I will use the online option to change my UR account to a bog standard current account thereby avoiding the £17 monthly fee I hope!

StevieandSonya

Thinking of switching to this account for the bonus. Only possible issue is I 
previously switched bank accounts in November 2019. Wondered does anybody know how long you are supposed to stay with a bank once you take their bonus?

masonic

StevieandSonya said:

Thinking of switching to this account for the bonus. Only possible issue is I 
previously switched bank accounts in November 2019. Wondered does anybody know how long you are supposed to stay with a bank once you take their bonus?

It will be specified in the terms and conditions of the switching offer if the incentive ties you to holding the account for a specific period. It's uncommon for such a holding period to extend beyond receipt of the incentive.

lucazkoh

Anyone still getting errors trying to switch? Always fails when I click confirm with the “something went wrong”

colsten

lucazkoh said:

Anyone still getting errors trying to switch? Always fails when I click confirm with the “something went wrong”

I occasionally, and randomly, get the "something went wrong" message in Halifax online banking. Sometimes it even logs me out after that message. I then try it again immediately, and it always works second time round. I am using a vanilla Chrome browser. What browser are you using? Have you tired deleting your browsing history and cookies? Have you tried it in a Chrome incognito window?