HSBC Advance switch deal available for existing First Direct customer ?

Rawhide_2

Thinking about switching dead 🦆 Santander 123 account to HSBC Advance. The conditions state "Who's eligible for offer: Anyone who's not had an HSBC current account (or opened a First Direct or M&S Bank current account – they're part of the same group) since 1 Jan 2018"

Haven't had a HSBC account before, nor opened First Direct account since 1/1/2018 but have a FirstDirect account running since before 2018.
Does this qualify for cash back ?
Thanks

eskbanker

Rawhide_2 said:

Thinking about switching dead 🦆 Santander 123 account to HSBC Advance. The conditions state "Who's eligible for offer: Anyone who's not had an HSBC current account (or opened a First Direct or M&S Bank current account – they're part of the same group) since 1 Jan 2018"

Haven't had a HSBC account before, nor opened First Direct account since 1/1/2018 but have a FirstDirect account running since before 2018.
Does this qualify for cash back ?
Thanks

Those aren't the offer conditions, but sound suspiciously like MSE's precis of them - it's always important to read the actual terms when facing a question like this.

https://www.hsbc.co.uk/content/dam/hsbc/gb/pdf/accounts/hsbc-rfb2330-mcp55629-wcag.pdf has the full wording you're looking for, and even spells out:

You may hold a first direct and/or M&S Bank current account and still qualify for this offer as long as the current account was opened before 1 January 2018

Rawhide_2

Thanks, very helpful