Merging 2 ISA’s - a problem

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Hi I’m looking for some advice
I have a fixed ISA with the Coventry maturing at the end of Nov ( good timing I thought) I also have a Teachers building society ISA and I intended to merge them. However the Teachers one is a 90 day notice which I had forgotten as I’d had opened it quite a few yrs ago and so it can’t be released til Jan 23. That will be too late to add funds to any new Coventry fix one I that I intended opening when the other matures
I have a fixed ISA with the Coventry maturing at the end of Nov ( good timing I thought) I also have a Teachers building society ISA and I intended to merge them. However the Teachers one is a 90 day notice which I had forgotten as I’d had opened it quite a few yrs ago and so it can’t be released til Jan 23. That will be too late to add funds to any new Coventry fix one I that I intended opening when the other matures
Any advice on the best thing to do to move forward consolidating these isas without losing too much interest.
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i didn’t ask about a penalty. Maybe that’s a call I need to make.
i have started the 90 day process anyway.
Re moving Coventry for 2 months I was thinking about this. If I move it, can I then transfer it again in the same tax year to a (hopefully) better rate fix? Usually there’s a lime limit to add funds so I’d have to time it right so that I open a new one late jan and still have a window to transfer Teachers money in.
Not sure I like the idea of losing 2 months interest at the higher fixed rate while waiting!😕
But it’s that, or fix and easy access for lesser amount that is in Teachers.
Theres £40k in Coventry and only £12k in Teachers if that makes much difference.
And I can consider both the 1 and 2 yr fixes if I forget about merging.
I should have been more diligent regarding the notice period as that additional £12k would have helped that balance nicely. Unfortunately I won’t have much spare cash to add to it.
As for the Teachers, I’ll run with the notice period I think and hope there’s a tempting easy access available at the end of Jan.
Thanks for helping me think things through.
Assuming you mean move it from an easy access ISA, then yes you can.