Withdrawal of Barlays Premier Banking

[pacharan]

I've been on this since I graduated.

Just got a letter telling me that facility is to be withdrawn as it will only be available to those on £70k per year or more (paid into personal account).

This means no more free overdrafts and various other perks.

Symptom of the credit crunch or am I being too creative with my expenses and not paying myself enough?

[MarillionFan]

Really?

They offer Barclays Premier Banking to anyone stupid enough to pay the fees.

[SimonMac]

The day's of free banking are long gone, I used to have Lloyds TSB Gold Account, then Platinum then Premier, in the end it was just not worth the extras as the benefits could be obtained cheaper if bought individually and shopped around. When I moved to NatWest I just got the very basic account and am perfectly happy with it.

[MrRobin]

The day's of free banking are long gone, I used to have Lloyds TSB Gold Account, then Platinum then Premier, in the end it was just not worth the extras as the benefits could be obtained cheaper if bought individually and shopped around. When I moved to NatWest I just got the very basic account and am perfectly happy with it.

WHS

I used to have a Lloyds platinum account. I think it was £12 a month at the time and included travel insurance and mobile insurance and breakdown cover and a bunch of other stuff I didn't use. They ditched one of the worthwhile benefits (can't remember which one) and put it up to £17, justifying it by adding a load more pointless gumpfh so I told 'em to stick it.