MSE News: Nationwide Fairer Share: Free £100 bonus confirmed for 2026

maximise

Thanks all, I've got a FlexAccount & a Regular Saver.

via chat the advisor said I hadn't qualified for the payment - but it took about 30 mins of brief chats from my end, for them to give a their reasoning, they said it wasn't a "one-time" £500 payment in one of the months. I said that's not been stated previously and is new to me.

Correct I've only paid £400 in Jan, and subsequently £200 in Feb, £200 in March.

Thanks danny13579

I got to question 2. and answered yes with the £600 in over Jan and Feb period. But Nationwide aren't confirming this via chat, and have asked me to call them so they can explain.

Hope you're all enjoying the lovely bank holiday weekend weather!

oap71

UNfairer payment, we've held a flexaccount for nearly 40 years and a mortgage for 30 of them years and DO NOT QUALIFY for the fairer payment.

We wonder why we should stay to UNfairer Nationwide

dcs34

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82009771#Comment_82009771

With the greatest respect they've been offering this payment on essentially the same terms for the last four years. All one has to do is hold a current account, pay a few £ in for 3 months at the start of the year, and have some amount in savings - it's not difficult to qualify. They even offer a market-leading regular saver which basically ticks all the necessary boxes if you fund it each month from a Nationwide current account.

At this point if you're a long-term Nationwide customer and still not eligible for the payment after four attempts, then that says more about you than them in my humble opinion.

Instead of leaving Nationwide maybe make a note of this year's terms and make sure you'll be eligible next year?

mta999

You need to pay in £500 each month in two out of the three months of January February March

It does not need to be one payment - in fact it could be five hundred x £1

From reading your post it seems like you have only paid in £400?

SacredStephan

maybe make a note of this year's terms and make sure you'll be eligible next year?

It isn't possible to "make sure" that you are eligible for next year, as the terms for 2027 won't be published until after the offer period. You can however give yourself the best possible chance of qualifying by studying and properly understanding the 2026 terms.

danny13579

maximise

I got to question 2. and answered yes with the £600 in over Jan and Feb period.

Sorry if I didn't phrase the question clearly enough. It needs to be

£500 in Jan AND £500 in Feb,

or

£500 in Jan AND £500 in Mar

or

£500 in Feb AND £500 in Mar

£600 over the Jan and Feb period does not satisfy question 2, so the answer to it is no.

horsewithnoname

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82009771#Comment_82009771

you need to meet the criteria, it’s not difficult. And easy enough to switch if you’re that miffed at yourself for not ensuring you met the criteria

danny13579

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82009771#Comment_82009771

So don't stay. This scheme has been going for 4 years now. If you had paid a little bit of attention you could easily have gotten a payment, instead of coming on here shouting after it's too late.

In this business long-time loyalty doesn't pay. Either take your custom elsewhere or learn to play the game and if the scheme runs next year you too can benefit from it.

x44

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82009776#Comment_82009776

No funding the Regular Saver each month alone from the flex account does not qualify you.

That is only £200 moved each month assuming you are paying into the flex account from elsewhere and then transferring it to the Reg Saver. You would have needed to move £500 for at least two of the 3 months Jan/Feb/Mar to qualify.

dcs34

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82009966#Comment_82009966

Sorry I meant in the context of someone using their current account as a main account and funding the regular saver.

In my case since the current account has £5 in it most of the time I cycle money through each month (which helps hit other account transaction requirements) so this has slipped my mind!