Barclays £175 Switch Offer - 15th July 2025 to 28th August 2025

tomxlisa

s71hj said:

tomxlisa said:

s71hj said:

tomxlisa said:

s71hj said:

tomxlisa said:

(Your account switch to Barclays has been completed. You may check your account balance and other details in branch, online, via our ATM services or by phone).

Just received this text but no mention of the incentive is this normal or should they have mentioned the incentive if I was gonna be getting it or has other people received this one and then another text regarding the incentive?. Thanks. 

5 1/2 hours later I got this one :
Hi xxxxxxx, good news - you qualify for our current account switch offer. You'll get your £175 bonus payment in the next 10 days. Thanks for switching to us. Your Barclays team

Brilliant so did you receive the same text as me then but then got that other text later on afterwards if so hopefully I get another text shortly.

Yep. Earlier in the same day. So give it 5 or 6 hours and fingers crossed

Thanks, reason I ask is I’m not sure if I qualify as i wasn’t sure from the start if I’ve had an account before otherwise I’d have been pretty confident in getting it, fingers crossed like you say. 

At least one if not both of us had had an account albeit going back 5 or 10 years

s71hj said:

tomxlisa said:

s71hj said:

tomxlisa said:

s71hj said:

tomxlisa said:

(Your account switch to Barclays has been completed. You may check your account balance and other details in branch, online, via our ATM services or by phone).

Just received this text but no mention of the incentive is this normal or should they have mentioned the incentive if I was gonna be getting it or has other people received this one and then another text regarding the incentive?. Thanks. 

5 1/2 hours later I got this one :
Hi xxxxxxx, good news - you qualify for our current account switch offer. You'll get your £175 bonus payment in the next 10 days. Thanks for switching to us. Your Barclays team

Brilliant so did you receive the same text as me then but then got that other text later on afterwards if so hopefully I get another text shortly.

Yep. Earlier in the same day. So give it 5 or 6 hours and fingers crossed

Thanks, reason I ask is I’m not sure if I qualify as i wasn’t sure from the start if I’ve had an account before otherwise I’d have been pretty confident in getting it, fingers crossed like you say. 

At least one if not both of us had had an account albeit going back 5 or 10 years

Hopefully I’m good then. Thanks.

tomxlisa

s71hj said:

tomxlisa said:

clairec666 said:

It says "new customers only", but delving deep into the T&Cs, it looks like you might still be eligible if you previously had a current account with them but it's no longer open on the date this offer started. Provided you haven't previously received a switching bonus from them, of course.

Anyone know if this is the case and have tried it as I think I had an account many years ago and might give this a try and open an account for the switch offer?.

I'll know within the next fortnight but I guess that will be too late for you. The issue may be with getting the app to accept you as you'll have old "profiles". That was an issue a friendly staff member had to "get round" for us in branch

Did you get the incentive?.

Tawny_Owl_2

I've been receiving several emails & text messages from Barclays, such as "Welcome" messages with the last 4 digits of my new account; and a promise to send my new Debit Card within a certain number of days.
Only problem is (as posted earlier).....Being a newbie to Barclays, I haven't yet proved my ID to them.
So I phoned their call centre to ask what was going on.
They told me to ignore the messages.
What a shambles !!!

s71hj

tomxlisa said:

s71hj said:

tomxlisa said:

clairec666 said:

It says "new customers only", but delving deep into the T&Cs, it looks like you might still be eligible if you previously had a current account with them but it's no longer open on the date this offer started. Provided you haven't previously received a switching bonus from them, of course.

Anyone know if this is the case and have tried it as I think I had an account many years ago and might give this a try and open an account for the switch offer?.

I'll know within the next fortnight but I guess that will be too late for you. The issue may be with getting the app to accept you as you'll have old "profiles". That was an issue a friendly staff member had to "get round" for us in branch

Did you get the incentive?.

Yes, myself and my wife both did

tomxlisa

Yeah I got the incentive text yesterday so should be getting it soon too, happy days for both of us.

sammy_zammy

Was starting to wonder where the £175 had got to so thought I’d check my account. Noticed I still had the £5 left in there for Blue Rewards. Had a look, and it looks like I never signed up? However I know I did, because I remember doing it and seeing the screen afterwards saying I hadn’t used my benefits yet. I also remember there being an issue where I couldn’t initially access the rewards page, but I assumed that was just a temporary issue while I initially signed up. Has anyone else had this problem?

Tawny_Owl_2

Well guess what ?
The call centre lied, and I've received my Debit Card, PIN number and Internet banking set up (without needing to go into a branch and prove my ID).
So,after 2 more calls I managed to speak to an English person and he advised me that my application had progressed on further rather than being left in "limbo" ??!! During this call I managed to cancel the account and will probably start again from scratch when Barclays bring back the switching bonus - probably in 2026.
Lessons to be learnt : Don't leave it to the last minute to apply; and Don't rely on everything the call centre says to be Gospel !

dealyboy

@Tawny_Owl_2 said:

Well guess what ?
The call centre lied, and I've received my Debit Card, PIN number and Internet banking set up (without needing to go into a branch and prove my ID).
So,after 2 more calls I managed to speak to an English person and he advised me that my application had progressed on further rather than being left in "limbo" ??!! During this call I managed to cancel the account and will probably start again from scratch when Barclays bring back the switching bonus - probably in 2026.
Lessons to be learnt : Don't leave it to the last minute to apply; and Don't rely on everything the call centre says to be Gospel !

... another possible lesson? when things go wrong with Barclays raise a complaint. I received the £175 as compensation this year when failing to open a current account.

clairec666

dealyboy said:

@Tawny_Owl_2 said:

Well guess what ?
The call centre lied, and I've received my Debit Card, PIN number and Internet banking set up (without needing to go into a branch and prove my ID).
So,after 2 more calls I managed to speak to an English person and he advised me that my application had progressed on further rather than being left in "limbo" ??!! During this call I managed to cancel the account and will probably start again from scratch when Barclays bring back the switching bonus - probably in 2026.
Lessons to be learnt : Don't leave it to the last minute to apply; and Don't rely on everything the call centre says to be Gospel !

... another possible lesson? when things go wrong with Barclays raise a complaint. I received the £175 as compensation this year when failing to open a current account.

... and presumably that £175 doesn't count as a switching bonus so you'll still be eligible next time the offer comes round

dealyboy

@clairec666 said:

dealyboy said:

@Tawny_Owl_2 said:

Well guess what ?
The call centre lied, and I've received my Debit Card, PIN number and Internet banking set up (without needing to go into a branch and prove my ID).
So,after 2 more calls I managed to speak to an English person and he advised me that my application had progressed on further rather than being left in "limbo" ??!! During this call I managed to cancel the account and will probably start again from scratch when Barclays bring back the switching bonus - probably in 2026.
Lessons to be learnt : Don't leave it to the last minute to apply; and Don't rely on everything the call centre says to be Gospel !

... another possible lesson? when things go wrong with Barclays raise a complaint. I received the £175 as compensation this year when failing to open a current account.

... and presumably that £175 doesn't count as a switching bonus so you'll still be eligible next time the offer comes round

Yes true Claire, definitely worth a try in 2026, but I may hit the same problems again, just as I did last year when I received 3 x £50 compensation. Problems with the app, ID verification, telephone customer service, branch appointments, profile merging, being out of time and the number of hours I'd spent ...