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NatWest/RBS/Ulster £200 Switching Offer 15/2/2024-2/4/2024

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  • Marcoos
    Marcoos Posts: 214 Forumite
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    @overspender22 Activation code arrived this morning via text :)
  • FLAMPARD
    FLAMPARD Posts: 64 Forumite
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    Has anyone managed to get the £200 without logging in to online banking I tried before the account was fully set up and it locked
  • rider22
    rider22 Posts: 85 Forumite
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    FLAMPARD said:
    Has anyone managed to get the £200 without logging in to online banking I tried before the account was fully set up and it locked
    FLAMPARD said:
    Has anyone managed to get the £200 without logging in to online banking I tried before the account was fully set up and it locked
    which bank ?
  • MABLE
    MABLE Posts: 4,247 Forumite
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    I for one am happy to have got the incentive from NatWest, CO Op and Barclays.  It was temping to apply to RBS and Ulster but I do not want to be in a position being faced with a life ban and for me the cash amounts offered do not really warrant the risk.
  • FLAMPARD
    FLAMPARD Posts: 64 Forumite
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    rider22 said:
    FLAMPARD said:
    Has anyone managed to get the £200 without logging in to online banking I tried before the account was fully set up and it locked
    FLAMPARD said:
    Has anyone managed to get the £200 without logging in to online banking I tried before the account was fully set up and it locked
    which bank ?
    Any of the 3
  • FLAMPARD said:
    Has anyone managed to get the £200 without logging in to online banking I tried before the account was fully set up and it locked
    My Ulster one was locked before I had even tried to log in, i cant rememver quite how i resolved it, but I managed to use Cora on the app, but i think logging in on a computer first, rather than the app did the trick. Then the app worked. You'll need the app anyway, to move your money back out won't you?

  • phillw
    phillw Posts: 5,691 Forumite
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    bigstevex said:
    What's the easiest way to close all these new accounts I have open :)  Had my 3 bonuses and now want the accounts gone.  Assume it can all be done online?
    Why close them? switch them elsewhere?

  • tiger70
    tiger70 Posts: 76 Forumite
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    Chase to NatWest completed yesterday (11.3.) just received a txt saying £200 is in my account.  Signed Ulster Bank paperwork and sent it off.  Just done Chase to RBS ID check.  Happy days !!
  • My final switch to Ulster Bank just completed (around 11:30am).  I just transferred £1,255 into my new Ulster Bank account.  Let’s wait and see what happens, fingers crossed by Friday the £200 will arrive.  At that point I’ll be done with switching I think; although it’s obviously a very appealing thing to do (especially given how useful the money is), I have reached a point at which I no longer want to negatively impact my credit score.  As things stand, I think I am only now in a position to go for one or two more (assuming Santander introduces a new offer etc).

     Good luck everyone! 🤞
  • My final switch to Ulster Bank just completed (around 11:30am).  I just transferred £1,255 into my new Ulster Bank account.  Let’s wait and see what happens, fingers crossed by Friday the £200 will arrive.  At that point I’ll be done with switching I think; although it’s obviously a very appealing thing to do (especially given how useful the money is), I have reached a point at which I no longer want to negatively impact my credit score.  As things stand, I think I am only now in a position to go for one or two more (assuming Santander introduces a new offer etc).

     Good luck everyone! 🤞
    I am the same as you. Last switch (Ulster) completed yesterday, money went in this morning. Though I have been very naughty and used all the overdrafts I have to make it up! So I think, yeah might check out my credit score soon, if I dare!
    Barclays, HSBC, Nationwide, Lloyds, TSB, the triple  ;) 
    Think I missed a Co-op one, but wasn't sure about the referral thing.
    Only started on this late last year, hadn't dared before. Got my husband on the gravy train now!



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