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

MikeJXE

I have done a few switches but this one I don't know what to say

Barclay says nothing but Monzo say 

You've asked to switch 

I'll just sit back and see where it goes 

Stargunner

My switch completes tomorrow. Today I received 3 separate letters from Barclays  One saying we have started the switch. One saying switch will complete tomorrow and one showing the 2 dd’s being switched. What a waste of money in postsge fees as they have my email address

worriednoob

Although our Barclays accounts are open and the Blue Rewards is setup, due to the way Barclays not providing an actual date of switch and from what others have said it seems to take approx 7-8 days, I'm going to hold off doing our switch until around the 17th to 20th Nov as this should hopefully give me an idea of my DDs being setup by then and also give me ample time to switch before the 30th Nov.

billyboy

The switch date can be chosen but only if you open an account in a branch. Obviously no good as bonus only paid if opened on App. I read this somewhere in Barclays switch terms and conditions. Best to delay opening until everything, i.e. DDs in place or you may not qualify for £175

antuk

On-the-coast said:

installed the app... 
applied for the standard account...
... answered all the question truthfully (as i must)
all very smooth,  ID etc. accepted right through to the last stage when unfortunately I'm told "congratulations, based on your salary you've been  accepted for the premier account", and that "to apply for the standard account - I will have to redo the application in branch".
Not interested in that (the premier account require a lot more cash flowing through the app)
on the flip side i guess i don't really "need" the money - although it would have been nice for a few minutes work.
Au-revoir Barclays. At least i don't seem to have messed up my Barclaycard app.

You should have taken the premier account - No need to join blue rewards, so no faffing around with depositing £800 or losing the £5 fee.

Barclays say "If your payments or balances drop below what you need to stay with Premier, we’ll let you know.", presumably they will just downgrade you to a normal account or close your account, I assume there would be at least a month before they even check to allow time for salary and with any luck the £175 will have paid out by then

tel_

MikeJXE said:

tel_ said:

I'm beginning to think this is more to do with a glitch in their IT system somewhere, or a glitch with my account.

I was going to try the process using my andriod tablet, but the app isn't compatible with my tablet (not sure why, it's not even 2 years old).

Unfortunately, I don't have access to an Apple device to try that avenue either.

Definitely looks like I'm going to miss out on this one 

I first tried on the iPad app but gave up and moved to my iPhone and it became simple 

With regards to my problem opening a current account with them, reaching out to their X / Twitter team on social media, a work-around solution was given by them:

Delete the app, re-install it, pretend you have no accounts with them, and set-up as a New to Bank customer with them. I did this and all is good now - hooray!

They claim my credit card should appear on my new account with them in 48 hours.  If not, I need to contact them again. 

Their social media team were very helpful, compared to their chat facility bods, who didn't really understand my issue, let alone suggest any solutions.

northwalesd

tel_ said:

They claim my credit card should appear on my new account with them in 48 hours.  If not, I need to contact them again. 

My current account was opened 1 Nov, the (existing) CC didn't appear till 6 Nov, so you may need to be a little more patient.

jazzyb88

antuk said:

On-the-coast said:

installed the app... 
applied for the standard account...
... answered all the question truthfully (as i must)
all very smooth,  ID etc. accepted right through to the last stage when unfortunately I'm told "congratulations, based on your salary you've been  accepted for the premier account", and that "to apply for the standard account - I will have to redo the application in branch".
Not interested in that (the premier account require a lot more cash flowing through the app)
on the flip side i guess i don't really "need" the money - although it would have been nice for a few minutes work.
Au-revoir Barclays. At least i don't seem to have messed up my Barclaycard app.

You should have taken the premier account - No need to join blue rewards, so no faffing around with depositing £800 or losing the £5 fee.

Barclays say "If your payments or balances drop below what you need to stay with Premier, we’ll let you know.", presumably they will just downgrade you to a normal account or close your account, I assume there would be at least a month before they even check to allow time for salary and with any luck the £175 will have paid out by then

To be fair I understand where they are coming from as they force you down the Premier route whether you want it or not. I had Premier before as Barclays ran an Avios incentive last year so cancelled after I got that incentive to reset the clock on a potential future one. By forcing you down this path again, well, you can see what I'm getting at - why not give people the option?

Volcane

Switch complete today as planned. Direct debits and remaining money from old account all moved over correctly.

App continues to work correctly after the initial settling in issues as reported.

Blue rewards was all set up without issue too.

Will update when switch incentive money paid.

Nasqueron

I did mine on the 3rd, switch due to finish today. Already had notice from my CC company the direct debit changed for next month (was taken yesterday from donor) and the "sorry to see you go" letter from old. Had the card, paperwork confirming DD changes but switch still seems to be ongoing. Hopefully payment before mid-December, wonder if they will hang on as late as TSB did?!