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

DJSINGH

I received £10 cashback from NS&I payment, but my partner hasnt. If you click to raise a missing cashback, it comes up with retailers, of which NS&I is not present, nor is there any "other" option. Anyone else been in this situation and raised it somehow?

MasterplanC

MasterplanC said:

masonic said:

MAinline421 said:

It's 23:59 tomorrow. Full credit to Barclays they actually called me in the middle of the night to reslove this after I tweeted them 👍

This gives people a way to delay their switch by an extra day if needed. Just wait until after the (7pm?) cut-off time for the switching service, and the switch won't start until Friday.

Sadly I started my switch yesterday just before midnight now because I got scared … I guess there is no way to delay now to hope for my DD to show up in time?

I messaged NatWest (where I am switching from) and they assured me Direct Debits were set up but (gave me a list of names) but said they don't show up in the Direct Debit category in the app or in online banking until they have been paid for the first time. I hope I'll be fine. Very confusing as other banks have DD listed as soon as they are set up.

Largs

DJSINGH said:

I received £10 cashback from NS&I payment, but my partner hasnt. If you click to raise a missing cashback, it comes up with retailers, of which NS&I is not present, nor is there any "other" option. Anyone else been in this situation and raised it somehow?

Yeah I think it is listed like "bank funded" near the top of the list.

Northern_Mum

I’ve just had an interesting in-app conversation with a Barclays representative.  I was asking why my £175 bonus hadn’t been paid yet, despite my switch completing on the 10th November and meeting all the T&Cs, but my husband, whose switch completed on 17th November, received his £175 on 20th November.

The rep said the Bonus Payments are scheduled to take place on the 2nd December 2023 and 2nd January 2024, so my payment should be in my account on Monday 4th December as the 2nd is a Saturday.  He confirmed that I had met all the T&Cs.

He said it wasn’t possible for my husband to have already received his payment (even though we know that he and many others did!) so maybe as a previous poster suggested, it was a test run on 20th November?

Anyway, hope this helps anyone who has met all the T&Cs but hasn’t received their £175 yet, and I will certainly be checking my account on Monday 😀.

Ed-1

Northern_Mum said:

I’ve just had an interesting in-app conversation with a Barclays representative.  I was asking why my £175 bonus hadn’t been paid yet, despite my switch completing on the 10th November and meeting all the T&Cs, but my husband, whose switch completed on 17th November, received his £175 on 20th November.

The rep said the Bonus Payments are scheduled to take place on the 2nd December 2023 and 2nd January 2024, so my payment should be in my account on Monday 4th December as the 2nd is a Saturday.  He confirmed that I had met all the T&Cs.

He said it wasn’t possible for my husband to have already received his payment (even though we know that he and many others did!) so maybe as a previous poster suggested, it was a test run on 20th November?

Anyway, hope this helps anyone who has met all the T&Cs but hasn’t received their £175 yet, and I will certainly be checking my account on Monday 😀.

Knowing Barclays' record on paying out blue rewards, they'll probably pay it twice.

Nasqueron

Johnny-Cage said:

Zopa_Trooper said:

northwalesd said:

Mickeymacca said:

I have been following (and contributing to this thread in case anyone suggests I go back and read the whole thing) just wondering if anyone who already got the switch incentive didn't pay in £800 for the blue rewards?  

I did not pay in £800 for Blue Rewards, I have had the incentive payment and cancelled BR.

That was a bit silly. I've no plan to cancel the Blue Rewards until I get my £10 cashback payment for spending £200 in December, I've already had the November one. £175 + £10 + £10 - £5 equals a very happy bunny.

Why is it silly. Not everyone has the means to spend £200 right now, so the poster could take offence to your post

You're completely correct, though it's worth noting firstly, you don't need to spend £200 - you get 5% cashback on spend up to £200 - so even if you spend £100, you still get £5. Secondly, you have the whole month to spend the £200 so whether it's shopping, fuel, presents etc, it can all add up. It runs for November and December and the £5 is negated by 2x DD pulls in the month provided you pay in the £800 (which can be done in 16x £50 if you really want)

Sumof999

thanks @Northern_Mum I saw something similar on a Reddit forum about those payment dates too so good to have it confirmed.  (as much as Barclays can confirm anything with any degree of certainty!)

DiamondLil

Northern_Mum said:

I’ve just had an interesting in-app conversation with a Barclays representative.  I was asking why my £175 bonus hadn’t been paid yet, despite my switch completing on the 10th November and meeting all the T&Cs, but my husband, whose switch completed on 17th November, received his £175 on 20th November.

The rep said the Bonus Payments are scheduled to take place on the 2nd December 2023 and 2nd January 2024, so my payment should be in my account on Monday 4th December as the 2nd is a Saturday.  He confirmed that I had met all the T&Cs.

He said it wasn’t possible for my husband to have already received his payment (even though we know that he and many others did!) so maybe as a previous poster suggested, it was a test run on 20th November?

Anyway, hope this helps anyone who has met all the T&Cs but hasn’t received their £175 yet, and I will certainly be checking my account on Monday 😀.

Gosh, many thanks for posting this @Northern_Mum - you got more sense out of a rep than I did. 

psrandom

Hi, can anyone clarify: MSE says offer ends today but Barclays terms seems to imply you need to have done it before the 30th Nov?

Anyone know for sure? Don't want to start switch now if no cashback!

Northern_Mum

DiamondLil said:

Northern_Mum said:

I’ve just had an interesting in-app conversation with a Barclays representative.  I was asking why my £175 bonus hadn’t been paid yet, despite my switch completing on the 10th November and meeting all the T&Cs, but my husband, whose switch completed on 17th November, received his £175 on 20th November.

The rep said the Bonus Payments are scheduled to take place on the 2nd December 2023 and 2nd January 2024, so my payment should be in my account on Monday 4th December as the 2nd is a Saturday.  He confirmed that I had met all the T&Cs.

He said it wasn’t possible for my husband to have already received his payment (even though we know that he and many others did!) so maybe as a previous poster suggested, it was a test run on 20th November?

Anyway, hope this helps anyone who has met all the T&Cs but hasn’t received their £175 yet, and I will certainly be checking my account on Monday 😀.

Gosh, many thanks for posting this @Northern_Mum - you got more sense out of a rep than I did. 

Hopefully what he told me is correct - we’ll see on Monday.  If I don’t get my payment then, I will be straight back on to Barclays!