yes, I have heard the same, from numerouse people, you will now find that X building societies, are now under a code of practice with the main banks,, if not with the main banks

Yes, I referred a friend and we both had £50 credited fairly swiftly. It has subsequently dropped to £25. I thought they were paying out too much money but obviously not!

I done it twice. Got £50 for joing, then refered 2 friends.
It usual depends on your friend when you get paid, only when they changed salary/DD.SO over and credited at least £1000 do you get your money!

Might be worth giving your friend a nudge to see that they have met the required criteria.

Has anyone actually received the £50 for this offer?

Back in Nov 06 I referred a friend under this special offer from A&L. Three whole months down the line I am still waiting, and so is my friend, for the £50 to be credited to our account. I have exchanged several letters and telephone calls with A&L who claim that my friend have not met all the criteria. When I challenged them to reference the clause no. they were referring to in their Ts & Cs, their response was "Due to Data Protection commitments, we are not able to provide you with any further details."

I would be interested to hear from anyone who has been rewarded by A&L under this offer or any other offer!