Santander Credit Card sign-up offers?

collinsp

When I applied for a Santander Credit Card through MoneySavingExpert there was a £40 Amazon Voucher offer that I have not received. Why is this, or is it a scam?

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collinsp said:

When I applied for a Santander Credit Card through MoneySavingExpert there was a £40 Amazon Voucher offer that I have not received. Why is this, or is it a scam?

Do you mean the £40 gift card that you have to claim within 30 days of taking out the card, per the offer terms?

vikramreddy03

I also have the same query on how to claim this £40 Amazon gift voucher? Can anyone please share the details on this process?

I vaguely remember reading as per the offer terms that this claim has to be done on a third party site within certain number of days after the credit card is approved. Obviously I did not make a note then and now that offer or the web page is not available to view on MoneySavingExpert.    

My application for the new Santander Credit card has been approved and have also recieved the card few days ago and account activated.

Thanks.  

Scrounger

• These terms and conditions apply to the £40 Amazon.co.uk Gift Card* promotion listed by ClearScore Technology Limited, Credit Karma UK Limited, Digitonomy, Dot Zinc Limited, Experian Ltd, MoneySupermarket Group, MoneySavingExpert, Runpath Digital Limited, TotallyMoney or Uswitch Limited and by making a claim you are deemed to have accepted these terms and conditions, therefore please read carefully.
• You will be able to claim the Amazon.co.uk Gift Card* within 30 Days of your successful application for a Santander All in One, Everyday No Balance Transfer Fee or Everyday Long Term Balance Transfer Credit Card Credit Card application via ClearScore Technology Limited, Credit Karma UK Limited, Digitonomy, Dot Zinc Limited, Experian Ltd, MoneySupermarket Group, MoneySavingExpert, Runpath Digital Limited, TotallyMoney or Uswitch Limited and your account has not been closed. 
• If confirmed eligible, you will receive an email from noreply@optimisemedia.com which will contain details of how to claim your Gift Card. Please note emails will be sent to the email address provided when signing up to the offer with Optimise Media (UK) Limited (Optimise). Please ensure that emails from Optimise Media (UK) Limited (Optimise) are accepted into your inbox and do not end up in your junk/spam/promotional folder.
  
• You will have 30 days in which to claim your Gift Card from the date you receive your email from Optimise Media (UK) Limited (Optimise). If you do not claim within 30 days of receiving the email you will no longer be eligible to receive the £40 Amazon.co.uk Gift Card. Upon receipt of email from Optimise Media (UK) Limited (Optimise) you will need to follow the clear instructions set out in the email to claim the Gift Card. 
  

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MalMonroe

My daughter applied for a 0% balance transfer card for 21 months with no balance transfer fee and the offer of a £40 amazon voucher.

She was accepted and received her credit card and a few days later received the £40 amazon voucher, which she has now spent. Not sure when the offer ended but it has ended. 

She did it herself, direct with Santander and not through any third party site. There was a time limit on applications.

It was not a scam.

You could try contacting Santander, see what they say.

Forty45

I read the T&C's as saying you need to take no action until you receive an email from noreply@optimisemedia.com. 
Is that not correct, and instead you have to apply for the email to be sent? My card arrived today.

phillw

It's designed to catch people out, so yeah it is a scam.

Just one that pays off if you're lucky.

Forty45

I asked Optimise what happens next and was sent this link 
https://omgrefer.com/scc
So you need to allow 30 days from approval of your application before taking it up with Optimise.

Daliah

phillw said:

It's designed to catch people out, so yeah it is a scam.

Just one that pays off if you're lucky.

It is anything but a scam.

The deal is that you have to go via the link MSE provided, and that the administrator of the offer (a company called Optimise) will then send successful applicants an email with claim instructions within 30 days.

I applied for the CC on December 15 and started using the card yesterday. Got the email from Optimise today, requested the Amazon voucher, received it within a couple of hours, and now have added £40 to my available Amazon balance.

So everything worked precisely as advertised. Superb little offer, thank you MSE / Optimise and Santander 


People need to just be a little patient, and possibly also check their spam folders.





I now have 10 years to spend the forty quid

clivep

We also applied on 15th December and received the emails yesterday. We did have to make the claims using a different browser as the email links only gave blank pages when opened in Firefox.

Zanderman

phillw said:

It's designed to catch people out, so yeah it is a scam.

Just one that pays off if you're lucky.

Of course it's not a scam!

The terms were clear - you wait for an email - which will arrive within 30 days, you follow the link and you get the £40 voucher. 

Easy peasy.  Got mine a few days after I got the credit card. Incredibly easy offer.  No luck involved at all.

If you think that's 'designed to catch people out' you have a very low opinion of people's abilities!!