Nationwide offer

nicholaswebb

I am a Nationwide bank acc holder. Tried to switch accs with Nationwide to get the free £125. Couldn't do it via the online switch , kept saying I need to go into a branch. Rang them 2 days ago & was told if I was only switching accs to get the free £125 then I was not allowed to do it. Is this correct ?

Daliah

The offer T&Cs clearly state that it is open for existing customers.

Go to a different Branch and don't tell them that all you are after the £125.

sheramber

What accounts are you trying to switch to Nationwide?

 

Zanderman

nicholaswebb said:

I am a Nationwide bank acc holder. Tried to switch accs with Nationwide to get the free £125. Couldn't do it via the online switch , kept saying I need to go into a branch. Rang them 2 days ago & was told if I was only switching accs to get the free £125 then I was not allowed to do it. Is this correct ?

There should be no problem - unless you're trying to switch a nationwide account to another nationwide account.  The account being switched into nationwide must be with a different bank. 

penners324

You have to switch a non nationwide account to a new nationwide account...

eskbanker

penners324 said:

You have to switch a non nationwide account to a new nationwide account...

Switching into an old account also qualifies....

MoneyMate

Nationwide Flex Regular Saver

As of February 2022, I have been informed today the interest rate increased from 2.00% to 2.5%. up to £2400.
Good news hopefully.

adindas

I tried switching my Bank of Scotland Vantage Account since last moth. I got information last week from NW that the switch was not successful and I was not qualified for the incentive.

Fortunately the switching offer is still available and I just started the switching process again from another UK bank that already has 2DDs+ in place. Let see how it is going.

Does anyone encounter similar experience switching from BOS vantage account to existing NW account that they could share?? 

granta

adindas said:

I tried switching my Bank of Scotland Vantage Account since last moth. I got information last week from NW that the switch was not successful and I was not qualified for the incentive.

Fortunately the switching offer is still available and I just started the switching process again from another UK bank that already has 2DDs+ in place. Let see how it is going.

Does anyone encounter similar experience switching from BOS vantage account to existing NW account that they could share?? 

I switched my BoS Vantage (with 2 active DDs) to NW and received the incentive no problem.
Did they explain what the issue was?

Splodge1000

I have a NW Flexbasic account and have been a member for 17 years. 

I would like to upgrade/switch to Flexdirect (and, of course, receive the reward for doing so) but am having trouble doing this online which is how to gain the reward.

It may be that I cannot upgrade/switch to a Flexdirect because I hold a Flexbasic account. The reason it is a basic account is that was what was available to me at the time, no doubt because I obtained a debt relief order back in 2017. 

What is different now is that my financial situation has improved and my balance with NW is over £300,000. 

Any advice on how to go about achieving this? Will threatening to take my business elsewhere do the trick?

eskbanker

Splodge1000 said:

I have a NW Flexbasic account and have been a member for 17 years. 

I would like to upgrade/switch to Flexdirect (and, of course, receive the reward for doing so) but am having trouble doing this online which is how to gain the reward.

It may be that I cannot upgrade/switch to a Flexdirect because I hold a Flexbasic account. The reason it is a basic account is that was what was available to me at the time, no doubt because I obtained a debt relief order back in 2017. 

What is different now is that my financial situation has improved and my balance with NW is over £300,000. 

Any advice on how to go about achieving this? Will threatening to take my business elsewhere do the trick?

The switching offer is conditional on switching a non-Nationwide current account into one of the qualifying Nationwide ones.

However, if you really have accumulated over £300K in a basic account, I doubt that £125 would be life-changing....