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Amex Cardholders: Open Eligible Checking Account + $500 Direct Deposit & Get Expired

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American Express is offering Eligible American Express Card Members:  $250 Bonus (deposited to your account) when you open an American Express Rewards Checking account by October 31 and Receive a Qualifying Direct Deposit of $500 or More.

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  • Offer valid for Card Members with a U.S. Basic Consumer Card issued by American Express National Bank with 3+ months tenure.
  • Offer not valid for American Express Business Checking customers.
  • Open a new checking account by October 31.
  • Receive a qualifying direct deposit of $500 or more by December 10.
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Earn $250 after you open an American Express Rewards Checking account by October 31 and receive a qualifying direct deposit of $500 or more by December 10

Earn a competitive 1.00% APY 2 – 10X higher than the national rate

No fee to open, no monthly fees, and no minimum balance required

Earn Membership Rewards points on eligible Debit Card purchases.

Note - Only applications from Card Members with a U.S. Basic Consumer Card issued by American Express National Bank with 3+ months tenure will be accepted.

https://www.americanexpress.com/e...g-account/
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This is an easy $250, but the ACH deposit needing to be from employer or government kind of sucks. My employer only allows for my entire check to be moved through a direct deposit request and not just a portion
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Should highlight that this is only for existing Amex card holders,
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Having trouble changing my DD to this account with my employer. "Routing number does not exist in the system."
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someoneslick
09-15-2023 at 03:03 PM.
09-15-2023 at 03:03 PM.
Anybody have an idea of what the best current bonus offers are for checking and savings? I got the chase offer of $900 for opening checking and savings and then they keep declining to set up accounts for me. If I do this amex one that is only $250 so then no way I'd get close to the $900 when opening it and a savings acct.

I was 2 hours too late tp do the $400 regions one. And I can't believe despite already doing business with chase and then SPECIFICALLY inviting me to do tat $900 deal they then decline it and don'tt ell why and no way to contact them by email about it apparently.
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FreeBaGeL
09-15-2023 at 03:27 PM.
09-15-2023 at 03:27 PM.
Does an Airbnb payout count as a direct deposit?
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ragnarokx
09-15-2023 at 04:07 PM.
09-15-2023 at 04:07 PM.
Quote from greyster :
Taxable. Not really worth the effort unless you want the account.

Credit card bonuses are not taxable. Much better
Bank bonuses don't put hard pulls and new revolving accounts on your credit report. So you pay a small amount of tax, it's still free money.
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debbierrr
09-15-2023 at 04:32 PM.
09-15-2023 at 04:32 PM.
Quote from Globalize :
I read somewhere you cannot use the AMEX Checking Accounts for online bill payment. Can someone confirm? If so, then this account is essentially a debit card + cash withdrawal + a little bit of interest? A bit limited (?)

No bill pay. I like that my linked Amex savings earns 5%. that's good enough for me.
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debbierrr
09-15-2023 at 04:34 PM.
09-15-2023 at 04:34 PM.
Quote from nadanunca :
Can anyone share that routing number so I can check before I bother opening the account?

My employer provides direct deposit to my Amex checking. Places that don't accept Amex won't accept it as a payment from checking (my utilities won't take it).
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seraphtw
09-15-2023 at 04:39 PM.
09-15-2023 at 04:39 PM.
I opened this account last month, prior to the promotion start date (September 12). Just had a chat with an agent that told me that I'm not qualified to get the bonus offer, basically penalizing me because I was an early adopter.

This sucks, but just wanted to share to others that might have opened the account prior to 9/12.. or on the other hand, if you're in the same boat and figured out how to get the bonus, please let me know! TIA
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orioncygnus
09-15-2023 at 05:23 PM.
09-15-2023 at 05:23 PM.
Quote from someoneslick :
Anybody have an idea of what the best current bonus offers are for checking and savings? I got the chase offer of $900 for opening checking and savings and then they keep declining to set up accounts for me. If I do this amex one that is only $250 so then no way I'd get close to the $900 when opening it and a savings acct.

I was 2 hours too late tp do the $400 regions one. And I can't believe despite already doing business with chase and then SPECIFICALLY inviting me to do tat $900 deal they then decline it and don'tt ell why and no way to contact them by email about it apparently.
which chase offer was $900?? I signed up for one back in june for $600 ($200 for checking, $300 for savings, and another $100 if you open both).
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jool18
09-15-2023 at 05:24 PM.
09-15-2023 at 05:24 PM.
Quote from debbierrr :
No bill pay. I like that my linked Amex savings earns 5%. that's good enough for me.

Is that a targeted offer?
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JCQPhoenix
09-15-2023 at 05:25 PM.
09-15-2023 at 05:25 PM.
Quote from atlmsmith :
Has anyone tried doing this for their kids? The account would be in their name, so I don't see anything that would prohibit this. Then DD $500 from my employer, have them give the $500 back and they get to keep the $250. I haven't done this before, but since their unearned income is below $1100 looks like no tax implications.
Are you able to DD to other people's account? I remember usually they check account owner's name.
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Snomad
09-15-2023 at 06:27 PM.
09-15-2023 at 06:27 PM.
crazy signed up for this a month ago because there hasn't been offers since the launch
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Rookies1000
09-15-2023 at 06:42 PM.
09-15-2023 at 06:42 PM.
Targeted offer. I got an email with this offer and I have Amex platinum and gold credit cards. My wife has Amex gold credit card and did not get this offer. YMMV.
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Jacky16
09-15-2023 at 06:43 PM.
09-15-2023 at 06:43 PM.
What is a "U.S. Basic Consumer Card"? Is Amex gold card eligible?
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freebies4me2
09-15-2023 at 06:54 PM.
09-15-2023 at 06:54 PM.
Quote from orioncygnus :
which chase offer was $900?? I signed up for one back in june for $600 ($200 for checking, $300 for savings, and another $100 if you open both).
I did the $900 chase offer early this year. $300 checking, $200 saving and $400 bonus for opening both.
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Globalize
09-15-2023 at 07:00 PM.
09-15-2023 at 07:00 PM.
Quote from debbierrr :
No bill pay. I like that my linked Amex savings earns 5%. that's good enough for me.
Wait what, your AMEX savings is 5%? Mine APY is 4.25%, what are you using, CDs?
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debbierrr
09-15-2023 at 08:13 PM.
09-15-2023 at 08:13 PM.
Quote from Globalize :
Wait what, your AMEX savings is 5%? Mine APY is 4.25%, what are you using, CDs?

Not a cd, just a savings account they offered me about maybe 4 months after opening my checking with amex.
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