Easily doable IF the downgrade card option is shown in the app, which it isn’t always. Barclays CS cannot override this or downgrade manually. My Avios Plus lasted a little over a month before the option appeared and I switched. The black card looks much nicer than the blue freebie version and I kinda miss it, but I don’t spend enough to justify the fee vs extra points.
Sorry for the random question, I know this technically not a Barclays question (yet until Tesco is bought over, but I know if I post it anywhere else, the Monzo Forum police will be quick to say something). Does anyone else have an issue with the Tesco Bank app turning on notifications. I’ve been with Tesco since the start of the year and the issue still persists…
Must say for my first time banking with Barclays I do enjoy the app compared to HSBC.
No issues at all so far.
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Do your notifications work?
Mine don’t seem to.
Never worked going back years and many unresolved IT tickets
I’ve seen other people’s work fine, mine just never have.
Having gone from Barclays to HSBC I have to say I think the opposite. The Barclays app generally had so many more errors, missing features etc.
Out of genuine curiosity, what do you think the Barclays app does better?
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I have to say Barclays app is great for opening accounts, switching to a different Barclaycard etc. Whereas with HSBC they boot you out the app and take you to the mobile website to continue which is a bug bear of mine.
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How often are you doing that though 
Surely can’t be a very frequent issue to deal with.
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Have to agree the Barclaycard app is pretty bad. It often has the skeleton loading UI for certain components on the home page, and I don’t like that it only lets you use biometric logins 5 times before you have to enter your code again. It’s like how contactless makes you enter your PIN every so often but don’t see why it’s necessary on a banking app on your phone, if someone can get access via biometrics without your permission you probably have bigger issues.
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In reply to @JIMMWX this actually sums up my feelings perfectly.
Everything has just been working smoothly.
I only got the account for avios but ended up opening rainy day and maxing that out as it’s paying 5.1% as opposed to Monzo 4.1.
I know you can get better elsewhere but I’m happy with that
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I don’t like the fact that if you have an issue trying to open an account, you have to go to the branch and arrange an appointment, which is in a months time. You used to be able to wait your turn to speak to someone and while you still can, you can’t for account openings. It’s backwards
Barclays has been criticised for making the “ludicrous” decision to limit how much cash its customers can deposit in a year.
Ron Delnevo from the Payment Choice Alliance said the move was a “disgrace” and accused the bank of trying to force businesses to stop accepting cash.
From July, the change will mean Barclays customers can only deposit up to £20,000 per calendar year into their personal accounts.
The limit will reset every January.
It comes after Natwest made a similar decision last year, capping deposits to £3,000 a day, or £24,000 in any 12-month period.
“The decision by Barclays is ludicrous. This is plainly an anti-cash move,” Mr Delnevo told Sky News.
Barclays said the change was being made to help it identify “suspicious activity”.
Anti cash 
Honestly, I do feel these comments pretty pathetic.
It’s not forcing cashless society, it’s moving with the times.
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I wouldn’t exactly say that though. Cash is still used a lot, and its usage increased recently.
We absolutely are moving with the times.
People find it more convenient to use digital wallets. Cash is removing itself naturally.
The above article is more around fraud and prevention, not a force to cashless. It doesn’t say people aren’t allowed to withdraw cash and spend it, so it’s moot.
Cash will become a thing of the past.
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But at the moment, it is nowhere near a thing of the past.
That’s why I said
Not “it is a thing of the past”
The point I was trying to make was that it really doesn’t matter if it will become a thing of that past. At the moment, it isn’t anywhere near that level so I can understand why people are annoyed at banks putting limits in place in terms of cash.
People will be frustrated when they can’t commit fraud.
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