Barclay’s £175 Switch Offer July 2024

quicksilverfox

beefturnmail said:

Can anyone remember the last time Barclays did a switch reward.?

 I have had a current account with them before (solely to access the rainy day saver) which I closed about a year ago.  Vaguely think there might have been a switch incentive at the time they launched the rainy day saver?

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6482594/barclays-175-switch-offer-new-customers-only-nov-1-30-2023

Nov 1st -30th 2023

beefturnmail

Thanks, I didn't get that one.  Think I got the double blue rewards switch incentive they did back in 2018ish.  Not sure if that excludes me from this one

WillPS

quicksilverfox said:

beefturnmail said:

Can anyone remember the last time Barclays did a switch reward.?

 I have had a current account with them before (solely to access the rainy day saver) which I closed about a year ago.  Vaguely think there might have been a switch incentive at the time they launched the rainy day saver?

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6482594/barclays-175-switch-offer-new-customers-only-nov-1-30-2023

Nov 1st -30th 2023

The last Blue Rewards related switching incentive before that was in 2019 - they didn't do one to coincide with the Rainy Day Saver but there was a Premier incentive around then.

PRAISETHESUN

M0ssim0_2 said:

Hi, I've downloaded the App and looked for the function to apply for a current account and can't find anything, including in the product and services section. Do you apply for and open the current account on the website first before completing the switch in the App? Thanks 

Try again during business hours. From memory they close applications overnight for some reason.

Sally4x

Hi I am switching to this. Is it like the others and the £800 only needs to be in the account for a day or so I need to keep it in the account the whole time?

PRAISETHESUN

Sally4x said:

Hi I am switching to this. Is it like the others and the £800 only needs to be in the account for a day or so I need to keep it in the account the whole time?

The only requirement is to pay in the £800 into your Barclays account. There's no requirement to keep it there for any length of time - you could pay it back out immediately if you wanted.

MisterMotivated

One of the rare few banks I'm still eligible for a switch offer from (though I've held accounts with them previously).  However, like the last time I applied so I could open a Rainy Day Saver, their useless system apparently couldn't verify my ID. At the time I went into the local branch only to be told the certified ID checker person wasn't in that day and I'd have to make an appointment.  I made an appointment but, for some reason, my account was opened anyway before the appointment was due.  Unfortunately, that branch has now closed.  The nearest now is a 90 minute round trip by car on a good day, and I can't have my ID checked in the local hub that's a 2 minute walk from my office.  Also, I don't know how strictly they'll enforce the "Use the app to open an account" part, so I don't want to waste my time and money going to a branch only to be refused the bonus on a technicality.

trickydicky14

I’m not particularly interested in this blue rewards malarkey, can it  be ditched after the switch money has been paid out.

Rawrzy

MisterMotivated said:

One of the rare few banks I'm still eligible for a switch offer from (though I've held accounts with them previously).  However, like the last time I applied so I could open a Rainy Day Saver, their useless system apparently couldn't verify my ID. At the time I went into the local branch only to be told the certified ID checker person wasn't in that day and I'd have to make an appointment.  I made an appointment but, for some reason, my account was opened anyway before the appointment was due.  Unfortunately, that branch has now closed.  The nearest now is a 90 minute round trip by car on a good day, and I can't have my ID checked in the local hub that's a 2 minute walk from my office.  Also, I don't know how strictly they'll enforce the "Use the app to open an account" part, so I don't want to waste my time and money going to a branch only to be refused the bonus on a technicality.

When some of us had to go into the branch for the switch last November to open the account it was fine. Still got the bonus with no quibbling despite the open online stipulation in the rules for that one too.

beefturnmail

I checked back and discovered I switched to Barclays in May 2018 to take advantage of a double blue rewards incentive they were offering.   Although this wasn't strictly a cash incentive and I'm not currently a customer, I think I'm right that the wording of the t & c would exclude me from this one?