£175 Nationwide Switch Incentive, starting 25/09/2024

PRAISETHESUN

ThePirates said:

Anyone tried to open a new NBS account today? I've been trying all day, part way through the application the website goes to a page not found error every time. 😥

I had issues last week trying to open a new RS account, but I just tried later again in the day and it went through OK.

WillPS said:

PRAISETHESUN said:

WillPS said:

PRAISETHESUN said:

I've tried the last few incentives they've run, knowing I should be ineligible for all of them - no success either.

Were the accounts you previously benefitted on a bonus on still open? Every claim I've seen of multiple payments have occurred when the person closed down the account they received a bonus on some time ago.

Interesting... I have 2x current accounts, one of which is a longstanding current account which I've received an incentive before. It is still open. The other I opened during the last offer and switched into, but didn't get an incentive for.

I suspect while that account you've previously had a bonus on is open you've little chance of sneaking in with another bonus; I don't know for sure but my assumption is their check looks for the "Switiching Offer" transaction on all accounts where all account names match, but seemingly it can't find it on accounts which have been closed (for some time?).

I suspect you're probably onto something here. I wasn't planning on trying again but I ended up doing a switch anyway into one of my existing Nationwide accounts. Switch completed last Fri, and I haven't even fully qualified for the rest of the offer (no £1k deposit and my debit card transaction hasn't cleared yet) and I've already had a text from them to tell me I don't qualify for the offer (as expected).

WillPS

WillPS said:

PRAISETHESUN said:

WillPS said:

PRAISETHESUN said:

I've tried the last few incentives they've run, knowing I should be ineligible for all of them - no success either.

Were the accounts you previously benefitted on a bonus on still open? Every claim I've seen of multiple payments have occurred when the person closed down the account they received a bonus on some time ago.

Interesting... I have 2x current accounts, one of which is a longstanding current account which I've received an incentive before. It is still open. The other I opened during the last offer and switched into, but didn't get an incentive for.

I suspect while that account you've previously had a bonus on is open you've little chance of sneaking in with another bonus; I don't know for sure but my assumption is their check looks for the "Switiching Offer" transaction on all accounts where all account names match, but seemingly it can't find it on accounts which have been closed (for some time?).

I suspect you're probably onto something here. I wasn't planning on trying again but I ended up doing a switch anyway into one of my existing Nationwide accounts. Switch completed last Fri, and I haven't even fully qualified for the rest of the offer (no £1k deposit and my debit card transaction hasn't cleared yet) and I've already had a text from them to tell me I don't qualify for the offer (as expected).

Thanks for coming back. I guess we will see in time how well this theory stands up with more reports!

Nasqueron

HillStreetBlues said:

With the former Fairer Share payments, are debit card transactions classed as payment from account? I expect they would but  better to ask.

Worth noting as well that there is no guarantee they will do it + the terms remain the same. It might be worth trying to guess this e.g. move in more than £500 a month, having more than £100 in a saver (their regular saver is worth a look) and maybe make 3 payments a month. Then again it might not happen again or they might keep the same requirements

HillStreetBlues

Nasqueron said:

HillStreetBlues said:

With the former Fairer Share payments, are debit card transactions classed as payment from account? I expect they would but  better to ask.

Worth noting as well that there is no guarantee they will do it + the terms remain the same. It might be worth trying to guess this e.g. move in more than £500 a month, having more than £100 in a saver (their regular saver is worth a look) and maybe make 3 payments a month. Then again it might not happen again or they might keep the same requirements

I opened the RS will feed £1k in and think will do 5 payments, and hope they do it next year.

PRAISETHESUN

HillStreetBlues said:

Nasqueron said:

HillStreetBlues said:

With the former Fairer Share payments, are debit card transactions classed as payment from account? I expect they would but  better to ask.

Worth noting as well that there is no guarantee they will do it + the terms remain the same. It might be worth trying to guess this e.g. move in more than £500 a month, having more than £100 in a saver (their regular saver is worth a look) and maybe make 3 payments a month. Then again it might not happen again or they might keep the same requirements

I opened the RS will feed £1k in and think will do 5 payments, and hope they do it next year.

I've set up some SOs in/out: 1x £1500 in, and then 5x £300 out, alongside some token bill DDs also coming out of the account. Also opened the RS and have been funding it. This qualified me this year and I'm hoping it also pre-empts any changes to the terms in the future.

Roley97

anyone know if I can switch in a virgin account now they come under nationwide?  (accounts seem seperate atm)

PRAISETHESUN

Roley97 said:

anyone know if I can switch in a virgin account now they come under nationwide?  (accounts seem seperate atm)

Although NW has purchased VM they remain separate. It's going to take years for them to become fully integrated so for the time being I think it'll be fine. The T&C's don't specifically exclude VM either.

SavvyKaren12

I've tried to take up this switch offer, but have had so many issues with it, I've given up and am no longer going ahead with the switch. They keep rejecting my switch request as its registered twice in their system ( I haven't requested it twice, its just somehow duplicated in their system and everyone is giving me a "computer says no" type reply, rather than someone looking at it with a common sense approach when I speak to them). I've finally given up trying to get them to resolve this today and cancelled the switch request, its just waaaay more hassle and headache than I need. Poor show Nationwide!! 

ThePirates

I can't even get to the page to start my application, add soon as I press the Apply now button I get a Something's gone wrong message. It's like they don't want to give me £175!

MuckChucker

I just got the text that I've qualified for the switch offer and money "should land" within 10 calendar days