new halifax switch offer (£175) from 14 march 2023

MikeJXE

averageguy11 said:

MikeJXE said:

My switch is complete today 24th the Lloyds balance has been transferred but no £175 yet, apparently I will be getting a letter from the switching team 

Did you get your letter/money?

Not yet I'm still waiting but not anxiously, it is what it is 

greenery

Anyone know how easy it is to downgrade the account to a basic halifax acciunt after £175 received? Ca  it be done in the app?

flaneurs_lobster

greenery said:

Anyone know how easy it is to downgrade the account to a basic halifax acciunt after £175 received? Ca  it be done in the app?

Yep, can be done in the app.

sazandy25

Anybody know the debit card number from account you are switching to Halifax is mandatory? I've opened an account with santander (already an account holder) to switch for the £175 but not received card as yet & when wife did her switch they asked for it. Just wondered if it's needed to complete the switch?

flaneurs_lobster

sazandy25 said:

Anybody know the debit card number from account you are switching to Halifax is mandatory? I've opened an account with santander (already an account holder) to switch for the £175 but not received card as yet & when wife did her switch they asked for it. Just wondered if it's needed to complete the switch?

There may be an option to say "no debit card for account being switched" (can't remember) but I've heard that it may cause problems later if a card has been issued for this account (rather than it being an account that never had a card). You've got until Monday for the card to turn up, if no sign then risk it. 

pfpf

flaneurs_lobster said:

sazandy25 said:

Anybody know the debit card number from account you are switching to Halifax is mandatory? I've opened an account with santander (already an account holder) to switch for the £175 but not received card as yet & when wife did her switch they asked for it. Just wondered if it's needed to complete the switch?

There may be an option to say "no debit card for account being switched" (can't remember) but I've heard that it may cause problems later if a card has been issued for this account (rather than it being an account that never had a card). You've got until Monday for the card to turn up, if no sign then risk it. 

there isn't an option, they want the last five digits before they "green tick" you. just checked the Santander app and annoyingly it only shows the last 4 digits of each card. 

greenery

sazandy25 said:

Anybody know the debit card number from account you are switching to Halifax is mandatory? I've opened an account with santander (already an account holder) to switch for the £175 but not received card as yet & when wife did her switch they asked for it. Just wondered if it's needed to complete the switch?

Are the card details on the app before you receive the card? they may be

sazandy25

Just seen on app, but only 4 digits 🙄 will keep fingers crossed it turns up, failing that take a punt. Think they only need them for recurring payments from the card (which there are none).

flaneurs_lobster

sazandy25 said:

Can't see on app, Halifax needs expiry date as well, will keep fingers crossed it turns up, failing that take a punt. Think they only need them for recurring payments from the card (which there are none).

Might just need the card details for verification purposes (how else do they know you own the switching bank account). It's not for recurring payments, these aren't moved as part of CASS.

redux

I had a different switch fail because I gave the card number but hadn't activated the card.

This isn't quite the circumstance as the question being asked, but to reverse it, maybe if card activation is required, but you haven't, maybe it will be valid to say there isn't one