Barclays £175 switch offer - new customers only, Nov 1 - 30 2023

pecunianonolet

Zopa_Trooper said:

Had my interview, all went well, now have the account open, £800 transferred, Blue Rewards joined. Only thing I've been unable to do is open the Rainy Day Saver, guess I'll need to leave it 24 hours.

Did ask about the first £5 fee, the employee said that you get the payment retrospectively. So the £5 you get returned in say January is the £5 you initially pay out in November. He said if you leave Blue Rewards, as long as two direct debits are paid out that month, you'll get your £5 back. So even if you get two direct debits paid out after joining before the end of November, it wont matter as you would not have paid the initial £5 fee by then.

So despite fulfilling the criteria, they take the £5 and return it a month later? So they take this from thousands or millions of customers, bank it for a month and pay back without interest and make a profit on it in the meantime. Not good practise. Lloyds at least takes it and puts it back in the same day.

Thi800

jswindsor said:

I requested my switch in-app on Tuesday and was given a completion date of the 15th, but the switch still hasn't started.

I have had no communication from Barclays and my donor bank is usually red-hot at notifying me in-app when a switch request has been submitted but I've not heard anything, and it's now too late to start to complete on the 15th.

Has anyone on a similar time frame had confirmation that their switch has started?

You can check document on Barclays app .They will confirm it your switch.

worriednoob

sarunas95 said:

Zopa_Trooper said:

I can initiate the switch today forvthex1st December but do I also have to join blue rewards before then? I'll ask today, it seems like you have to forfeit the first £5 unless you are fortunate enough to have to direct debits late in the month.

FYI the app doesn't let you pick a future date for switch completion. It just starts the switch process when you request it. I initiated mine on started mine on Tuesday and had no choice of start or end date they just said the switch will complete on the 15th.

That's an absolutely awful service as they should be giving a choice of dates.  What date did you start the switch for it to give you the 15th?

Zopa_Trooper

It's supposed to be 7 working days after you switch. However I set it up today and have been given the 17th which I think is 6 working days

PinstripePhantom

worriednoob said:

sarunas95 said:

Zopa_Trooper said:

I can initiate the switch today forvthex1st December but do I also have to join blue rewards before then? I'll ask today, it seems like you have to forfeit the first £5 unless you are fortunate enough to have to direct debits late in the month.

FYI the app doesn't let you pick a future date for switch completion. It just starts the switch process when you request it. I initiated mine on started mine on Tuesday and had no choice of start or end date they just said the switch will complete on the 15th.

That's an absolutely awful service as they should be giving a choice of dates.  What date did you start the switch for it to give you the 15th?

Started the switch on Tuesday evening 7th November, looks like they count the day you start the switch as the first working day even if you do it in the evening. My wife's going to initiate switch tonight so expect to be given 17th as completion date but will come back here and let you know.

jswindsor

Thi800 said:

jswindsor said:

I requested my switch in-app on Tuesday and was given a completion date of the 15th, but the switch still hasn't started.

I have had no communication from Barclays and my donor bank is usually red-hot at notifying me in-app when a switch request has been submitted but I've not heard anything, and it's now too late to start to complete on the 15th.

Has anyone on a similar time frame had confirmation that their switch has started?

You can check document on Barclays app .They will confirm it your switch.

I have no switch confirmation document yet. If I don't receive it by tomorrow afternoon I will call them to chase it up

jswindsor

sarunas95 said:

worriednoob said:

sarunas95 said:

Zopa_Trooper said:

I can initiate the switch today forvthex1st December but do I also have to join blue rewards before then? I'll ask today, it seems like you have to forfeit the first £5 unless you are fortunate enough to have to direct debits late in the month.

FYI the app doesn't let you pick a future date for switch completion. It just starts the switch process when you request it. I initiated mine on started mine on Tuesday and had no choice of start or end date they just said the switch will complete on the 15th.

That's an absolutely awful service as they should be giving a choice of dates.  What date did you start the switch for it to give you the 15th?

Started the switch on Tuesday evening 7th November, looks like they count the day you start the switch as the first working day even if you do it in the evening. My wife's going to initiate switch tonight so expect to be given 17th as completion date but will come back here and let you know.

I put mine through at 6am on the 7th, so it's a little worrying that yours is progressing as expected yet I have nothing for mine. 

TOBYTOTS99

STUCK ON OPENING ACCOUNT 
Hope you well informed people can help me, downloaded app and uploaded passport photo,but when it comes to agree and continue FSCS information page it sorry this service unavailable please try again later

PinstripePhantom

jswindsor said:

sarunas95 said:

worriednoob said:

sarunas95 said:

Zopa_Trooper said:

I can initiate the switch today forvthex1st December but do I also have to join blue rewards before then? I'll ask today, it seems like you have to forfeit the first £5 unless you are fortunate enough to have to direct debits late in the month.

FYI the app doesn't let you pick a future date for switch completion. It just starts the switch process when you request it. I initiated mine on started mine on Tuesday and had no choice of start or end date they just said the switch will complete on the 15th.

That's an absolutely awful service as they should be giving a choice of dates.  What date did you start the switch for it to give you the 15th?

Started the switch on Tuesday evening 7th November, looks like they count the day you start the switch as the first working day even if you do it in the evening. My wife's going to initiate switch tonight so expect to be given 17th as completion date but will come back here and let you know.

I put mine through at 6am on the 7th, so it's a little worrying that yours is progressing as expected yet I have nothing for mine. 

I mean I don't have any confirmation letters or anything about it in the documents in the app, just going by the date told after requesting the switch, I'm not really worried, just gonna wait till the 15th.

sarunas95 said:

worriednoob said:

sarunas95 said:

Zopa_Trooper said:

I can initiate the switch today forvthex1st December but do I also have to join blue rewards before then? I'll ask today, it seems like you have to forfeit the first £5 unless you are fortunate enough to have to direct debits late in the month.

FYI the app doesn't let you pick a future date for switch completion. It just starts the switch process when you request it. I initiated mine on started mine on Tuesday and had no choice of start or end date they just said the switch will complete on the 15th.

That's an absolutely awful service as they should be giving a choice of dates.  What date did you start the switch for it to give you the 15th?

Started the switch on Tuesday evening 7th November, looks like they count the day you start the switch as the first working day even if you do it in the evening. My wife's going to initiate switch tonight so expect to be given 17th as completion date but will come back here and let you know.

Wife's started her switch just now, no option to pick a date and as expected given a switch completion date of 17th November. It did state just before submission that it will take 7 working days and that if submitted after 7:30pm the start date of the switch will be the next working day.

After submitting it states "We'll send you a notification when it's been completed" so it doesn't actually promise to send you confirmation when it starts or updates whilst it's in progress.

northwalesd

Don't hold your breath for confirmation of switch completion either. Mine completed today (TSB shows my old account as Personal Switchout Account) all money in donor account transferred, two DDs showing, list of payees (not that they work) not a peep from Barclays, not even a document in the app.