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Does one still need to ensure that appropriate £4600 goes through the account monthly after getting the 100k avios?

It was £3300 a month through the account, not £4600.

Mysteriously tho this requirement to avoid the fee has disappeared from the website and literature. Barclays had second thoughts about allowing all and sundry to get to Premier (again)?

I’ll be honest, not even sure what benefits I’m getting from the Premier account, save for being able to turn on Avios Rewards for the additional £12pm.

As per the original terms, I would qualify for free next year, but wonder if they are hoping many who do not qualify, just end up paying the £20pm going forward. Undecided about whether to keep Avios rewards after hitting my 12 monthly payments, as getting 1500 avios for £12pm is decent value, but don’t really need any more UG vouchers (but wouldn’t swap it for just 7k avios as that seems too low).

Can I ask what do you mean you qualify for free next year? I don’t recall any reference to the premium account being free the second year? I might have misunderstood.

The requirements to qualify for free Premier banking was either £75k salary (which meant at least £40k paid in over 12 months), or at least £100k invested/saved with Barlcays. If you didn’t meet either, you were to be charged £20pm, but they wouldn’t check your eligibility until you had the account for at least 12 months.

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