Halifax Scrapping £5/Cinema ticket Rewards.

crumpet_man

Speculator said:

Now the May fiver has been paid, can we not "upgrade" the account to an ordinary current account then upgrade back to a Reward account?

My renewal date is in September.

You can, the risk is that it takes a few days to process and you miss the deadline.

Speculator

crumpet_man said:

Speculator said:

Now the May fiver has been paid, can we not "upgrade" the account to an ordinary current account then upgrade back to a Reward account?

My renewal date is in September.

You can, the risk is that it takes a few days to process and you miss the deadline.

isn't it instant? 

PRAISETHESUN

My experience with Lloyds accounts is that things update immediately and are visible after you log out and log back in to online banking. I'd imagine Halifax would behave similarly

crumpet_man

Speculator said:

crumpet_man said:

Speculator said:

Now the May fiver has been paid, can we not "upgrade" the account to an ordinary current account then upgrade back to a Reward account?

My renewal date is in September.

You can, the risk is that it takes a few days to process and you miss the deadline.

isn't it instant? 

Who wants to try it then?

Stargunner

crumpet_man said:

Speculator said:

crumpet_man said:

Speculator said:

Now the May fiver has been paid, can we not "upgrade" the account to an ordinary current account then upgrade back to a Reward account?

My renewal date is in September.

You can, the risk is that it takes a few days to process and you miss the deadline.

isn't it instant? 

Who wants to try it then?

Surely, someone on here has a reward account that only has a month or 2 of rewards left. They would not risk losing much to try to see if they could change it to an ordinary acc and then back to s reward acc.

trient

Stargunner said:

crumpet_man said:

Speculator said:

crumpet_man said:

Speculator said:

Now the May fiver has been paid, can we not "upgrade" the account to an ordinary current account then upgrade back to a Reward account?

My renewal date is in September.

You can, the risk is that it takes a few days to process and you miss the deadline.

isn't it instant? 

Who wants to try it then?

Surely, someone on here has a reward account that only has a month or 2 of rewards left. They would not risk losing much to try to see if they could change it to an ordinary acc and then back to s reward acc.

What would be the point though, if rewards stop altogether at the end of September. Best case scenario you'd be saving a fiver or two.

Stargunner

trient said:

Stargunner said:

crumpet_man said:

Speculator said:

crumpet_man said:

Speculator said:

Now the May fiver has been paid, can we not "upgrade" the account to an ordinary current account then upgrade back to a Reward account?

My renewal date is in September.

You can, the risk is that it takes a few days to process and you miss the deadline.

isn't it instant? 

Who wants to try it then?

Surely, someone on here has a reward account that only has a month or 2 of rewards left. They would not risk losing much to try to see if they could change it to an ordinary acc and then back to s reward acc.

What would be the point though, if rewards stop altogether at the end of September. Best case scenario you'd be saving a fiver or two.

We don’t know that they will definitely stop, and the t&c’s for the Reward acc state that the rewards will run for 12 consecutive months from the offer start date. 

danny13579

trient said:

What would be the point though, if rewards stop altogether at the end of September. Best case scenario you'd be saving a fiver or two.

Halifax haven't said anything about stopping the rewards at the end of September. The scheme is being refreshed later this year and the current rewards cannot be added to new/renewed accounts from 17th June. That is all we know. 

WillPS

Well, I've tried it.

One of my rewards has an end date of August 2025. I 'upgraded' said account to the fee-free "Current Account". Logged out, logged back in, checked the tracker and the account had disappeared. So far, so good.

I then upgraded the account back to Rewards. No invitation to set a Reward up which I'm pretty sure is part of the journey normally. Logged out, logged back in - account has reappeared in tracker which reports the account already has a Reward expiring August 2025. 

It would appear this method does not work. What would work (if you hold 3 or fewer Reward accounts) would be downgrading to a Current Account then applying for a brand new Reward account. I wouldn't recommend this though as LBG are known to hand out bans for rapid account applications.

I realise I'm putting rather too much stock in the tracker here but as it stands its all I have to go on. Will check over the next few days to ensure a Reward remains set.

Over62

I closed my Reward account and once it disappeared online, opened a new one.  I added a Reward which is now valid till 30 June 2026.