Premium Bond Winner ?

amysquie

First time having PB and I put 10k in. Thought I'd give them a try as my late Nana had full holding and over the past year had won something every month. Won £100 in my first draw! Very happy.

lr1277

I have just had a weird and unexpected bonus. At the beginning of the month, using an app I saw that I had won £50. Fine.

Yesterday the £50 was put into my account. Great, as expected.

Today a deposit into my account of £25, with a reference indicating it was a PB win.

Checked the app and no indication of the further £25.

Loggined into NS&I and looking at my win history, no indication of the further £25 win.

So an unexpected bonus.

Updating my win for May 2024, it should now read

£75 on a £32k holding.

BooJewels

Nice bonus.  Look back through your win history and see if the £25 has been added to an earlier month - they re-distribute wins when a previous winner wasn't eligible for the prize in some way, so it might have been added earlier.  It's been reported here by others and my aunt had one like that when I was managing her affairs - hers was dated about 6 months later.

lr1277

BooJewels said:

Nice bonus.  Look back through your win history and see if the £25 has been added to an earlier month - they re-distribute wins when a previous winner wasn't eligible for the prize in some way, so it might have been added earlier.  It's been reported here by others and my aunt had one like that when I was managing her affairs - hers was dated about 6 months later.

Thanks @BooJewels. What exactly am I looking for? If the online site shows a win of £50, but my records indicate a win of £25, that would explain the discrepancy?

BooJewels

Yes, I'm assuming so - or probably 2 x £25. It'll only work if you know what wins you had previously and there's one that's now £25 more than you'd recorded.

My aunt didn't have an on-line account, so it came in April last year with a letter and a paper warrant (cheque) for a win the previous October.

polymaff

lr1277 said:

I have just had a weird and unexpected bonus. At the beginning of the month, using an app I saw that I had won £50. Fine.

Yesterday the £50 was put into my account. Great, as expected.

Today a deposit into my account of £25, with a reference indicating it was a PB win.

Checked the app and no indication of the further £25.

Loggined into NS&I and looking at my win history, no indication of the further £25 win.

So an unexpected bonus.

Updating my win for May 2024, it should now read

£75 on a £32k holding.

I believe that there is often a secondary distribution each month - as a result of bonds picked for prizes being - on checking by NS&I - invalid.  I believe that they're bonds that were encashed just before the first of the month.

I had such a £25 bonus - about 25 years ago.

I'm not holding my breath 

kipsterno1

If I was this winner from Nottingham I might be tempted to cash in and walk away now   

Martico

Or the person in Yorkshire with a holding of £700 (£500 bought in Nov 2023) who just won £100,000

polymaff

NS&I likes to look competent, and then they post this - and the bubble bursts.  Was this hand-typed/edited by someone who didn't then proof-read it?

kipsterno1

polymaff said:

NS&I likes to look competent, and then they post this - and the bubble bursts.  Was this hand-typed/edited by someone who didn't then proof-read it?

You will have to help me with this one, what is it that I can't see on here?