yougov.finance bribe

Bazzalona13295

MikeJXE said:

Bazzalona13295 said:

pfpf said:

let me see if my summary is correct.

add 10 current accounts (multiple accounts with same bank count as individual accounts?)
get 5000 points, redeem. wait 3 months and do same again? 4 x £50 per year?

Yep. I've had 2 lots of £50 (tip - do not pay into a Santander account if you can help it) and halfway towards my 3rd now.

All my accounts are staggered so I know which ones pass the enigma of the algorithm.

I'm with Santander and had many £50 from Yougov finance since I was invited when it first started 

That's where the £50 go

Never had a problem 

Oh they've both gone in, there has just bern this weird 2-3 day delay whilst they 'check' the payment. Quite unnecessary imo.

Middle_of_the_Road

I've just signed up for this. Managed to link 6 current accounts and 2 credit cards, also the santander e-saver. 

Savings accounts at Nationwide not accepted but flex c/a account was.

Can't see any total of points credited or a function to check the ballance on the site, is this normal? 

tg99

Middle_of_the_Road said:

I've just signed up for this. Managed to link 6 current accounts and 2 credit cards, also the santander e-saver. 

Savings accounts at Nationwide not accepted but flex c/a account was.

Can't see any total of points credited or a function to check the ballance on the site, is this normal? 

Points take 48 hours to show up. Think you have to check balance on main Yougov site via your login rather than on Yougov finance site.

tg99

Bazzalona13295 said:

pfpf said:

let me see if my summary is correct.

add 10 current accounts (multiple accounts with same bank count as individual accounts?)
get 5000 points, redeem. wait 3 months and do same again? 4 x £50 per year?

Yep. I've had 2 lots of £50 (tip - do not pay into a Santander account if you can help it) and halfway towards my 3rd now.

All my accounts are staggered so I know which ones pass the enigma of the algorithm.

Is the staggering for identification purposes when refreshing every 3 months? As when I signed up it said straight away whether each account had successfully connected and been awarded points (I’ve not yet got to my first refresh)……is the refresh process different? Thks 

Middle_of_the_Road

tg99 said:

Middle_of_the_Road said:

I've just signed up for this. Managed to link 6 current accounts and 2 credit cards, also the santander e-saver. 

Savings accounts at Nationwide not accepted but flex c/a account was.

Can't see any total of points credited or a function to check the ballance on the site, is this normal? 

Points take 48 hours to show up. Think you have to check balance on main Yougov site via your login rather than on Yougov finance site.

Thanks for this. Will check it in due course. Not realised the two sites were linked.

MikeJXE

Middle_of_the_Road said:

I've just signed up for this. Managed to link 6 current accounts and 2 credit cards, also the santander e-saver. 

Savings accounts at Nationwide not accepted but flex c/a account was.

Can't see any total of points credited or a function to check the ballance on the site, is this normal? 

Yes you can check the points on your Yougov account 

Not Yougov finance 

Bazzalona13295

tg99 said:

Bazzalona13295 said:

pfpf said:

let me see if my summary is correct.

add 10 current accounts (multiple accounts with same bank count as individual accounts?)
get 5000 points, redeem. wait 3 months and do same again? 4 x £50 per year?

Yep. I've had 2 lots of £50 (tip - do not pay into a Santander account if you can help it) and halfway towards my 3rd now.

All my accounts are staggered so I know which ones pass the enigma of the algorithm.

Is the staggering for identification purposes when refreshing every 3 months? As when I signed up it said straight away whether each account had successfully connected and been awarded points (I’ve not yet got to my first refresh)……is the refresh process different? Thks 

It can help but in my case its just come out that way. I think I put 5 in immediately then with every new account I added those, 3 came together then the final 2. Barclays took forever to get my details/app/open banking sorted so thats another reason.

But if you do have numerous accounts renewing at the same time, its not a bad idea to stagger if you think one/some may get declined, purely so you know which one failed as it can be quite confusing due to lack of detail.

masonic

Bazzalona13295 said:

tg99 said:

Bazzalona13295 said:

pfpf said:

let me see if my summary is correct.

add 10 current accounts (multiple accounts with same bank count as individual accounts?)
get 5000 points, redeem. wait 3 months and do same again? 4 x £50 per year?

Yep. I've had 2 lots of £50 (tip - do not pay into a Santander account if you can help it) and halfway towards my 3rd now.

All my accounts are staggered so I know which ones pass the enigma of the algorithm.

Is the staggering for identification purposes when refreshing every 3 months? As when I signed up it said straight away whether each account had successfully connected and been awarded points (I’ve not yet got to my first refresh)……is the refresh process different? Thks 

It can help but in my case its just come out that way. I think I put 5 in immediately then with every new account I added those, 3 came together then the final 2. Barclays took forever to get my details/app/open banking sorted so thats another reason.

But if you do have numerous accounts renewing at the same time, its not a bad idea to stagger if you think one/some may get declined, purely so you know which one failed as it can be quite confusing due to lack of detail.

I've been in this situation, and there doesn't seem to be any need. Any that get declined or failed do not get extended (they show up as being extended initially, but revert back after being processed for points).

Bazzalona13295

masonic said:

Bazzalona13295 said:

tg99 said:

Bazzalona13295 said:

pfpf said:

let me see if my summary is correct.

add 10 current accounts (multiple accounts with same bank count as individual accounts?)
get 5000 points, redeem. wait 3 months and do same again? 4 x £50 per year?

Yep. I've had 2 lots of £50 (tip - do not pay into a Santander account if you can help it) and halfway towards my 3rd now.

All my accounts are staggered so I know which ones pass the enigma of the algorithm.

Is the staggering for identification purposes when refreshing every 3 months? As when I signed up it said straight away whether each account had successfully connected and been awarded points (I’ve not yet got to my first refresh)……is the refresh process different? Thks 

It can help but in my case its just come out that way. I think I put 5 in immediately then with every new account I added those, 3 came together then the final 2. Barclays took forever to get my details/app/open banking sorted so thats another reason.

But if you do have numerous accounts renewing at the same time, its not a bad idea to stagger if you think one/some may get declined, purely so you know which one failed as it can be quite confusing due to lack of detail.

I've been in this situation, and there doesn't seem to be any need. Any that get declined or failed do not get extended (they show up as being extended initially, but revert back after being processed for points).

Mine have all gone through fine now (fingers crossed) but I'm fairly sure the 2 Halifax ones didn't on the first go. Next time round they went through fine as I'd put a few transactions in/out.

But at the time I couldn't tell which ones had failed, either way the way mine fall are slightly staggered which in a way is fine as you see the points balance building up regularly.
Having 0 points for a time would annoy me haha, though I do get a fair few surveys in addition.

Middle_of_the_Road

MikeJXE said:

Middle_of_the_Road said:

I've just signed up for this. Managed to link 6 current accounts and 2 credit cards, also the santander e-saver. 

Savings accounts at Nationwide not accepted but flex c/a account was.

Can't see any total of points credited or a function to check the ballance on the site, is this normal? 

Yes you can check the points on your Yougov account 

Not Yougov finance 

Thanks, I've been weary of open banking, but as they pay for seeing my data, I've relented.