MSE News: Barclays offers switchers double rewards for a year

To be eligible for Barclays Blue Rewards, you must do two things
each calendar month:
1 Pay in at least £800 into your nominated current account

Can you make a payment from another an external bank provided into the barclays account? I have read the following which suggests that if you have another barclays account and you transfer some money into the one linked with blue rewards that transfer of monies will not count towards the £800 nor will any money you've transferred from rewards wallet

here's the quote "When working out how much you have paid into the account, we will ignore:

Amounts received from other personal Barclays accounts in your name, including any joint accounts or savings accounts. (If money is paid in from a Barclays Business Account, this will count towards your qualifying amount)"

Am I okay to make an online bank transfer from an external bank to satisfy barclays £800 requirement for double cash rewards? as i am opening account this month

pmatt wrote: »

I checked Barclays website. It says two things:

First: Switch your everyday banking to us using the Current Account Switch Service [my emphasis]

But, in the terms and conditions it says: [You will] receive double reward for 12 months if you use the Current Account Switch Service . . . request a full switch to an eligible Barclays current account (new customers)

The terms and conditions do not specify what "everyday banking" means. There is no explicit requirement for the switched account to have any direct debits.

Yes, that bit is poorly explained. By "everyday banking" I think they mean use the account in a way that meets the Blue Reward criteria, i.e. pay in £800 a month and two active Direct Debits.

The switched account doesn't need any DDs.

Savings1234 wrote: »

Does anyone know if the platinum credit card with Barclays blue rewards would therefore get double cashback too? £2 instead of £1 a month

Yes. All associated rewards are doubled. So the mortgage reward becomes £10, home and contents insurance gives £6, a loan gives £2, the Blue Rewards Credit Card gives £2, and the enhanced cashback is doubled to 2%.

ronbell101 wrote: »

applied 2nd May and received an email advising me to visit the branch to verify my id, haven't done that,got a text yesterday saying thanks for opening an account with us and received my debit card today !!

Still a good idea to pop down to the branch within the next week or two as missing KYC information *will* get flagged up at some point and become an issue.

moneysavinggirl40 wrote: »

Am I okay to make an online bank transfer from an external bank to satisfy barclays £800 requirement for double cash rewards?

Yes. Cash deposits and third party transfers from any source are all fine.

Transfers from Barclays accounts are acceptable as long as they're not your own accounts, OR the donor account is a Business account, OR it's a Standing Order from somebody else's Barclays account.

18cc wrote: »

Does anybody know if the two direct debits actually have to be taken each month in order to get the £7 per direct debit reward

I was thinking if one of my direct debits was a credit card but say one month I didn't spend anything on that card would I still get the £7 because the direct debit was Active or does money actually have to be taken each month

The Barclays Blue Rewards page states that you receive £3.50 for each of the first two direct debits that are successfully paid:
Receive a £3.50 reward for each of your first 2 Direct Debit payments, up to £7 each month. You’re eligible for this reward if the Direct Debits are successfully paid from your chosen current account.