Nationwide Fairer Share: Free £100 bonus confirmed for 2025 – here's who will get it

Idpullthecurtain

Nasqueron said:

robot1000 said:

I've been a member for 25 years and have used it as my main current account, but had less than £100 in savings in March, so failed to qualify.

I feel a bit short-changed (excuse the pun). 

The criteria has been the same for 3 years now, putting £100 in their regular saver purely for speculative purposes would have been easy

It was.
I guess I didnt pay enough attention. 
Personally I didnt realise the £200 had to be in a separate savings account.  Silly me.

Idpullthecurtain

Nasqueron said:

robot1000 said:

I've been a member for 25 years and have used it as my main current account, but had less than £100 in savings in March, so failed to qualify.

I feel a bit short-changed (excuse the pun). 

Idpullthecurtain said:

Dammit I didnt realise I needed a savings account too!

The criteria has been the same for 3 years now, putting £100 in their regular saver purely for speculative purposes would have been easy to do. Even if it's not your main account, bouncing £500 in and out and making a couple of card payments (carrots are the cheapest I found) takes a couple of minutes of time

Clearly.
However that information is only useful IF you were aware!

pochisoldi

Idpullthecurtain said:

Dammit I didnt realise I needed a savings account too!

You really really should have a Flex Regular Savings account - even if you aren't regularly saving...

Wait until June 21st then:
Option 1:
Open a Flex regular saver account, and drop £100 in it.
Then leave it until next year - £100 deposited at a better than instant access rate.

Option 2:
Open a Flex regular saver account, and drop £200 in it.
On the first of each month drop £200 in it

Note that with the Flex regular saver account:
- The month starts on the 1st, You don't have to wait until the "account anniversary" to pay in the next £200.
(Hint - opening the account at the end of the month and paying in on the 1st for the 2nd and subsequent payments, will earn you more interest)
- You can make 3 withdrawals from the account during the term
- You can replace money withdrawn in the same month (the rule is "Your balance can't increase more than £200).
I've used those two "rules" at the end of the tax year - withdraw the money, drop it in a flexible cash ISA before the end of the tax year, then withdraw from cash ISA after the start of the new tax year and redeposit in the regular saver - bingo - I've just "moved" £1400 of last year's ISA allowance into this year.

Idpullthecurtain

pochisoldi said:

Idpullthecurtain said:

Dammit I didnt realise I needed a savings account too!

You really really should have a Flex Regular Savings account - even if you aren't regularly saving...

Wait until June 21st then:
Option 1:
Open a Flex regular saver account, and drop £100 in it.
Then leave it until next year - £100 deposited at a better than instant access rate.

Option 2:
Open a Flex regular saver account, and drop £200 in it.
On the first of each month drop £200 in it

Note that with the Flex regular saver account:
- The month starts on the 1st, You don't have to wait until the "account anniversary" to pay in the next £200.
(Hint - opening the account at the end of the month and paying in on the 1st for the 2nd and subsequent payments, will earn you more interest)
- You can make 3 withdrawals from the account during the term
- You can replace money withdrawn in the same month (the rule is "Your balance can't increase more than £200).
I've used those two "rules" at the end of the tax year - withdraw the money, drop it in a flexible cash ISA before the end of the tax year, then withdraw from cash ISA after the start of the new tax year and redeposit in the regular saver - bingo - I've just "moved" £1400 of last year's ISA allowance into this year.

Well with regard to missing out on £100 yes.
Otherwise, theres no benefit for me.

where_are_we

Myself and OH have now got email plus our 3 children. I hope they buy me a drink!

Bob2000

Just had a look in the app and a big banner saying " you lucky person you,  we've decided  to give you 100 quid because your lovely on top of the 50 smackaronneys you already have"  or somthing like that.

I had an email, too.

hayden2234

I just got mail

Nasqueron

Idpullthecurtain said:

Nasqueron said:

robot1000 said:

I've been a member for 25 years and have used it as my main current account, but had less than £100 in savings in March, so failed to qualify.

I feel a bit short-changed (excuse the pun). 

Idpullthecurtain said:

Dammit I didnt realise I needed a savings account too!

The criteria has been the same for 3 years now, putting £100 in their regular saver purely for speculative purposes would have been easy to do. Even if it's not your main account, bouncing £500 in and out and making a couple of card payments (carrots are the cheapest I found) takes a couple of minutes of time

Clearly.
However that information is only useful IF you were aware!

Sure but it's been on this forum every year and the running thread "how to ensure you qualify" explains it + the previous published criteria which hasn't changed

GreenScepter

I wouldn't have qualified if not for the threads on this site, wouldn't have even known about it. Cheers!

Idpullthecurtain

Nasqueron said:

Idpullthecurtain said:

Nasqueron said:

robot1000 said:

I've been a member for 25 years and have used it as my main current account, but had less than £100 in savings in March, so failed to qualify.

I feel a bit short-changed (excuse the pun). 

Idpullthecurtain said:

Dammit I didnt realise I needed a savings account too!

The criteria has been the same for 3 years now, putting £100 in their regular saver purely for speculative purposes would have been easy to do. Even if it's not your main account, bouncing £500 in and out and making a couple of card payments (carrots are the cheapest I found) takes a couple of minutes of time

Clearly.
However that information is only useful IF you were aware!

Sure but it's been on this forum every year and the running thread "how to ensure you qualify" explains it + the previous published criteria which hasn't changed

I know that!
I did say silly me.......