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

WWERAW

eldaniel said:

Could somebody help please? I have been living under the rock. Only found out today about this switch offer. I only have 1 DD set up on the account I want to switch from. Do you think that it will work if I switch with 1 DD and set up now 2nd one with another utility supplier to take it from the new Barclays account withing the next lets say 15 days. Do you think it will meet critertia of having 2 DDs? Thanks

Just go to HOMESERVE, take out their plumbing and drainage cover for 50p per month and then you have the two DD's (or use PayPal if you don't already). Then once the switch takes place, cancel the DD and it will have cost you 50p at the most.

Zanderman

WWERAW said:

eldaniel said:

Could somebody help please? I have been living under the rock. Only found out today about this switch offer. I only have 1 DD set up on the account I want to switch from. Do you think that it will work if I switch with 1 DD and set up now 2nd one with another utility supplier to take it from the new Barclays account withing the next lets say 15 days. Do you think it will meet critertia of having 2 DDs? Thanks

Just go to HOMESERVE, take out their plumbing and drainage cover for 50p per month and then you have the two DD's (or use PayPal if you don't already). Then once the switch takes place, cancel the DD and it will have cost you 50p at the most.

The issue is the timing of the DD getting onto the account, not the need for sourcing a DD.  DDs take many days to set up from scratch.  And the switched account will need to have the DDs active before the switch. There's barely time for that to happen for a brand new DD now.  And the question was about whether getting one set up on the Barclays account would suffice - but that wouldn't.

Robgmun

Well i'm stuck waiting for my PIN for my card to come through the post. I got my card Monday but if my PIN doesn't come today or tomorrow then I'm done and lose out on the bonus. 

Called Barclays and they won't help over the phone or personally in the bank. I'm solely reliant on the post in my area.

MikeJXE

Not sure it's relevant with Barclays but one bank I did a switch to the pin was discoverable in the app before the one in the post 

Zopa_Trooper

I think the lesson to be learned here is have two direct debits on your burner account in preparation of your next switch. They can be ones you don't pay out on, credit card, pay pal etc, just remember to put something on them after the switch (if necessary). Got my £175 incentive before any of them paid out with Barclays so.......

Rawrzy

Zopa_Trooper said:

I think the lesson to be learned here is have two direct debits on your burner account in preparation of your next switch. They can be ones you don't pay out on, credit card, pay pal etc, just remember to put something on them after the switch (if necessary). Got my £175 incentive before any of them paid out with Barclays so.......

Funnily enough this was something I was trying to do. Unfortunately I've hit a road block with Metro and Paypal. For some reason the 1pence credit with the 4 digit number never shows up in my metro bank account. I've tried removing it and re-adding it and no dice. Even waited a week thinking Metro was like the old days where it took ages to be posted. Good job I'm facing this when I don't have a switch deadline looming, lol.

FreeFallerSaver

steveksullivan said:

Has ANYBODY had a reward payout since last Mondays 'batch'?

I was quite surprised to get my payout so quickly having only completed the switch on, I think, the previous Friday - but partner, whose switch completed we thought on the same day, has had nothing yet.......

Started mine on the 13th and was fully switched last Tuesday 21st, so just missed that Monday batch run last week, if indeed it was a thing. Still not received payment of the switch incentive yet though.

MikeJXE

I opened a Barclay account on the 7th, did the switch on the same day and got the reward on the 20th 

So 13 days in total 

DiamondLil

steveksullivan said:

Has ANYBODY had a reward payout since last Mondays 'batch'?

I was quite surprised to get my payout so quickly having only completed the switch on, I think, the previous Friday - but partner, whose switch completed we thought on the same day, has had nothing yet.......

Nope. Started the switch on 3rd November, completed on the 10th. Still not received the switch incentive.

boingy

DiamondLil said:

steveksullivan said:

Has ANYBODY had a reward payout since last Mondays 'batch'?

I was quite surprised to get my payout so quickly having only completed the switch on, I think, the previous Friday - but partner, whose switch completed we thought on the same day, has had nothing yet.......

Nope. Started the switch on 3rd November, completed on the 10th. Still not received the switch incentive.

That makes me wonder if, in their eyes, you have not met the criteria. They have 28 days to pay it but they have paid other folks with later completions than you so it might be worth asking them sooner rather than later.