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Sainsbury's to Natwest transfer

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  • vacheron
    vacheron Posts: 2,343 Forumite
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    edited 7 October at 4:40PM
    Hi @edinburgher

    Perseverance with some cheating.  ;) I used to keep my large e-bay purchases back for when they used to do the 7x and 9x nectar points promotions. Plus the Sainsburys CC used to have good rates before they were slashed. That plus just not really spending that many really.  :)

    Also I was lucky enough to win 1 million Avios (Airmiles) a few years ago, so back in about 2022 when Avios  first partnered with Nectar, and the exchange rate was good (250 Avios would get you 400 Nectar points) I exchanged 100,000 Avios for 160,000 Nectar points as a bit of a hedge against the Avios being de-valued, so many of the points are just sitting there in case it is ever preferable to convert them back to Avios again.
    • The rich buy assets.
    • The poor only have expenses.
    • The middle class buy liabilities they think are assets.
  • barnesy07
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    My credit card is showing up on my NatWest app. However I had my usual direct debit taken on 6th Oct from my bank account, and it isn't showing up as a transaction or on the balance on my credit card in the NatWest app. So I'm a bit concerned about where the money is and whether it will be credited in line with the payment due date on my credit card.
  • zedover
    zedover Posts: 3 Newbie
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    My credit card is still not showing up in the NatWest app. I received an email two weeks ago, and was then sent an activation code, but with a different customer number to the one my mobile app and online banking use for my current account with them. Am I meant to download a separate copy of the app? Is that even possible? Are the customer number and code only intended for people new to NatWest banking?
  • swansea_lad
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    Its a huge mess. I have downloaded the Natwest App at least. But they blocked my card. Spent over an hour on the phone sorting it out.
  • GlitterMedusa
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    edited 8 October at 12:02AM
    barnesy07 said:
    My credit card is showing up on my NatWest app. However I had my usual direct debit taken on 6th Oct from my bank account, and it isn't showing up as a transaction or on the balance on my credit card in the NatWest app. So I'm a bit concerned about where the money is and whether it will be credited in line with the payment due date on my credit card.
    My DD from today which was showing as a pending credit has now disappeared from my transactions, and my account balance has gone back up. So like you I don't know where the money is, it hasn't gone back into my current account. I did take a screenshot of the pending credit from the DD earlier though

    Edit: I made a manual payment for the minimum to be on the safe side, so of course now the DD is showing as credited... 
  • zedover said:
    My credit card is still not showing up in the NatWest app. I received an email two weeks ago, and was then sent an activation code, but with a different customer number to the one my mobile app and online banking use for my current account with them. Am I meant to download a separate copy of the app? Is that even possible? Are the customer number and code only intended for people new to NatWest banking?
    I'm stuck too, I haven't heard anything from NatWest, I have a business account with them which obviously uses a different email address so I have no idea if they've worked out I'm already a customer. And I already use the app for the business account, I don't really want to link my personal credit card to it but I need to use the app - so how do I do it? Not looking forward to the inevitable long phone call and trying to explain.
  • virgo17
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    zedover said:
    My credit card is still not showing up in the NatWest app. I received an email two weeks ago, and was then sent an activation code, but with a different customer number to the one my mobile app and online banking use for my current account with them. Am I meant to download a separate copy of the app? Is that even possible? Are the customer number and code only intended for people new to NatWest banking?
    Similar situation here. I am an existing Nat West card holder but my Sainsbury card account is not showing up following apparent transfer. Not showing on either online banking or the app.

    Not going to waste my time. Will give it a week or so and then maybe try to ring. If no progress will cut up the Sainsbury card. Plenty of others to use.

  • ChotaPeg
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    I'm an existing NW customer.  My Sainsbury's card had not migrated as planned.  I called this morning and it seems that as there was a slight mismatch between my names across the accounts this had led to my records not being matched up.  They were able to manually action this on the phone but apparently it might take a few days for the credit card to appear on the NW app.  Let's see.  I found the person I spoke with very pleasant and helpful but there was a bit of a delay (20 mins or so) for the call to be answered.  I hope that helps others. 
  • Retro_Bunny
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    Any RBS customers with Sainsbury's credit cards?
    I understand you can't have both an RBS and NatWest account, as they are behind the names one and the same.
    As I have a RBS credit card, am I going to have a problem now NatWest have automatically added me as a customer?
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  • sausage_time
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    edited 9 October at 12:13PM
    Hi @Retro_Bunny I now swing both ways.  Long term RBS customer (bank accounts, credit cards) and now a NatWest credit card holder.  Both apps can coexist just fine.
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