Cashback from Barclays blue?

Curlysue99

How long does the cashback take to show as pending? I did a shop at tesco this morning and nothing is on there yet

Vortigern

Curlysue99 said:

How long does the cashback take to show as pending? I did a shop at tesco this morning and nothing is on there yet

With the previous promotion on Google Pay (see above) the transactions did not appear in the app until the following day and the cashback came a day or two later.

Bazzalona13295

This is certainly not a complaint or a moan (well maybe a teensy one wrapped up in a compliment) - its a great offer and even if I don't get a penny back I've lost nothing.

But why they aren't clearer about which retailers are eligible I don't know, I do appreciate it SHOULD be the vast majority but it would stop a lot of us simply wondering if our last payment has counted......I seem to remember Nationwide published a list?

If it hasn't no problems there is other cashback I can go for, but this (imo) vagueness is plain odd.

orange-juice

mab3000 said:

Only thing is I’m getting a message saying “only 14 days left” under the offer, yet it seems to be an offer continuing for the rest of the year which I’m a bit confused about 

I messaged chat and apparently the “x days left” refers to the period in which you can sign up for the offer.

Once registered, you can get the 5% up until the end of 27/12. 

https://www.barclays.co.uk/current-accounts/blue-rewards/barclayscashback/

The bit that confuses me is pressing on the register button on my phone opens up the Barclays app, but then I’m met with an error. I can see the cashback rewards account in my app which I’m assuming means I’m registered.

friolento

In the offer T&Cs, they say All bill payments, including Direct Debits, standing orders and payments to store cards do not qualify

Do we think this means online purchases are excluded?

Bazzalona13295

friolento said:

In the offer T&Cs, they say All bill payments, including Direct Debits, standing orders and payments to store cards do not qualify

Do we think this means online purchases are excluded?

This is exactly what I mean, so vague.

I'm assuming 'bills' accounts for things like Council Tax, utilities etc but this is what you're left doing - assuming.

Has anyone had any transactions show up as pending yet?

flaneurs_lobster

Been trying for a couple of days to sign up for Barclays Cashback, error message each time "Something went wrong - Please try again later". Raised ticket w/ Barclays CS.

On a hunch I checked debit card status - Frozen (I don't use this account for spending). Unfreeze and cashback rewards signup now completes and appears in account list. 

flaneurs_lobster

friolento said:

In the offer T&Cs, they say All bill payments, including Direct Debits, standing orders and payments to store cards do not qualify

Do we think this means online purchases are excluded?

No, online purchases are explicitly included in the rewards website blurb (as long as the debit card is used).

wiseonesomeofthetime

Curlysue99 said:

How long does the cashback take to show as pending? I did a shop at tesco this morning and nothing is on there yet

Looking at https://www.barclays.co.uk/current-accounts/blue-rewards/barclayscashback/welcome-offer-terms/

• The cashback payments will be made monthly throughout the Offer Period when you reach the total monthly cashback value of £10 or on the 5th of the following month if you have earned cashback below the value of £10.

So, the way that reads to me, is that now that I have spent over £200 on the card and thus maxed out the £10, it should appear in my Barclays Cashback Rewards account soon.

My debit card transactions are pending, so maybe once they have cleared 🤷‍♂️

If you don't spend the full £200, what you have earned will appear on the 5th of November.

pochisoldi

For the record, for the Google Pay promotion, I found that the cashback appeared anywhere between 1 and 5 calendar days after the transaction debited the account. The transactions that took 3, 4 and 5 days were all credited on the same Monday, so the reality is that it takes 1 to 3 working days for cashback to be paid after the account is debited.

The only issue I have with this promotion is that the account with Blue Rewards doesn't have debit card, which might explain why I get an error message when I try to enable cashback rewards. 
I guess I'll get Barclays to issue me with a new card.
(With the Google pay promotion I used my main account which does have a card)