STOP Calling Your Bank on an Expensive 0845 Number!

ian011

In recent months most banks have swapped their expensive 0845 lines over to cheaper 0345 numbers.

Stop calling the old 0845 numbers.

Start calling the new 0345 numbers.

BARCLAYS	0345 7345 345
FIRST DIRECT	0345 6100 100
HALIFAX	0345 720 30400345 739 4959
HSBC	0345 7404 404
INTELLIGENT FINANCE	0345 609 4343
METRO BANK	0345 0808 500
NATIONWIDE	0800 30 20 11
NATWEST (ENGLAND & WALES)	0345 7888 444
NATWEST (SCOTLAND)	0345 9000 200
RBS	0370 6000 459
SAINSBURY BANK	0500 40 50 60
SANTANDER	0345 600 6014
TESCO BANK	0345 8353 353
THINK MONEY	0800 0566 566
TSB	0345 9758 758
UBS	0370 6000 459

&NBSP;CALLS TO ALL 03 NUMBERS COUNT TOWARDS YOUR GOODYBAG ALLOWANCE. IF YOU HAVE NO ALLOWANCE, THESE CALLS ARE CHARGED AT THE SAME RATE AS CALLS TO 01 AND 02 NUMBERS, I.E. 10P PER MINUTE.&NBSP;IF YOU NEED TO CALL A DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT, FIRST LOOK ON THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE FOR THE RIGHT NUMBER. IF THIS IS STILL ADVERTISED AS AN 084 OR 087 NUMBER, TRY REPLACING THE 8 WITH A 3 SO THAT YOU CALL THE MATCHING 034 OR 037 NUMBER.&NBSP;IF THAT'S NOT SUCCESSFUL, TRY THESE TIPS:THE END OF 084 AND 087 NUMBERS FOR CALLING BANKS AND INSURANCE COMPANIES

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igh10

Thank you for this. I would like to add that most banks also have "if calling from abroad" numbers which are traditionally regular landline numbers.

antonio75

Great tip mate

gheming

Thanks for the legs up.

subasht

thanks.. bookmarked it..

ian011

@igh10 wrote:
Thank you for this. I would like to add that most banks also have "if calling from abroad" numbers which are traditionally regular landline numbers.

Now that banks are replacing their 0845 numbers with 0345 numbers, there's no need to look for an alternative number.

Calls to 03 numbers cost the same as calling 01 and 02 numbers and count towards inclusive allowances on landlines and mobiles.

igh10

We know that, but does everyone else? Regular landline numbers are simply easier to understand for some people!

ian011

@igh10 wrote:
We know that, but does everyone else? Regular landline numbers are simply easier to understand for some people!

For all intents and purposes, 03 numbers are exactly the same as 01 and 02 numbers.

More and more businesses are using them in place of 084 and 087 numbers.

Ofcom will be doing a lot more to promote them later in the year.

ma2013

Very handy post, thanks for sharing. 🙂

felena

Thanks for the posting.

brulaw

Hi ian011 ,

Good post , useful information , thanks for sharing .

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ian011

@lulurules wrote:
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Now that the banks are replacing their 0845 numbers with cheaper 0345 numbers, there is no longer a need to go looking for alternative 01 or 02 numbers. Just call the new 0345 number.

allan1954

great thread thanks for the info.

sloz

Great post ian, well done

isabel1066

well done Ian welcome to giffgaff.

minimorg

I've found this quite useful. Don't know how it runs against the others but worth saving as another weapon in the quest for cheaper calls. 😀

http://www.pleasepress1.com/

mofo57

thanks

kaka45

That's great. I'll call my bank on these numbers thanks

islandstifle

You forgot Metro Bank 0345 08 08 500 which by the way has always been an 0345 number since it opened four years ago 🙂