Hi mouse
Keep things very simple. Put your switch to EBS on hold until the matter with ptsb is resolved.
It has taken a long time, but it's getting there.
If you switch now, and ptsb admit that they took your tracker incorrectly, then it would be very messy. You could move back, but why go to all that hassle?
The Ombudsman's ruling is irrelevant. The CB told the lenders to review all cases, whether they were rejected by the FSO or not.
I know of two ptsb cases who switched and were told that they should have been offered trackers. In both cases, ptsb paid them compensation up to the date of switching and no further. Both appealed to the Appeals Panel, which itself was a lot of work. In one case, the Appeals Panel ruled that they should have been given the tracker back but at 3.25% interest. In the other case, the Appeals Panel made no ruling so the borrower had to go to the Ombudsman, again a long drawn out process. During the FSO process, ptsb offered them back their tracker, but under unacceptable conditions.
So, stay where you are until you hear from ptsb.
There is no need to ring them today. If you do, the only question to ask is when will you be hearing from them. If, when you do hear from them, they don't give you back your tracker, you could try to get compensation from now until the date of the switch.
Brendan