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Eligible Amex Cardholders: Open Rewards Checking Account, Get

$250 Bonus w/ 2 Qualifying $1000+ Direct Deposits
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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 April 15, 2025 and have two separate Qualifying Direct Deposits, each in the amount of $1,000 or more, posted to your American Express Rewards Checking Account within the first 90 days of account opening.

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Deal Instructions:
  1. Open your first American Express Rewards Checking Account in your name by 11:59PM MST on 04/15/2025, which is subject to approval.
  2. Have two separate Qualifying Direct Deposits, each in the amount of $1,000 or more, posted to your American Express Rewards Checking Account within the first 90 days of account opening.
    • A Qualifying Direct Deposit is a single ACH transfer of $1,000 or more from an employer or the government for a paycheck, pension, government benefit (such as Social Security), or tax refund. Two Qualifying Direct Deposits are required to qualify for this offer. The following are not Qualifying Direct Deposits: person to person transfers (P2P) such as money transfer apps, deposit account to deposit account transfers (for example, from a checking account to another checking account or from a savings account to a checking account), deposits or ACH transfers not from an employer or the government (for example, online transfers or bank transfers), internal transfers from your American Express Savings account, deposits made via check, and Membership Rewards points redemption for deposits.
  3. After you have completed the above qualifying criteria, American Express will deposit the Welcome Bonus into your Rewards Checking Account within 8-12 weeks.

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Was logging onto Amex app to pay for my bill and saw this offer come up. Not sure if its targeted or all Amex accounts. Trying it out just to get the $250 lol. Hope somebody finds this as useful as I did.

Earn $250 after you open a new American ExpressĀ® Rewards Checking account by 04/15/2025 and receive two separate Qualifying Direct Deposits of $1,000 or more within 90 days of account opening.
Details are as follows :

High Interest
Earn a 1.00% APY2 —10X higher than the national rate

Debit Card Rewards
Earn Membership RewardsĀ® points on eligible Debit Card purchases

No Monthly Fees
No fee to open, no minimum deposit, and no monthly fees

Backed by Amex
24/7 world-class customer service and fraud monitoring.
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Unfortunately you must sign up for direct deposit. Transfers from another bank don't count.
DoctorOfCredit maintains an extensive list of various methods that banks treat as direct deposit: https://www.doctorofcredit.com/kn...an_Express

Many data points indicating push from Fidelity codes as DD. Be sure to log into Fidelity and push the funds to Amex -- not log into Amex and pull from Fidelity.
Think of it this way... If you make $25/hr it's like getting 10 hours of work for free without having to work and doing only minimal effort to receive the bonus. If that doesn't sound good to you then I don't know what to tell you.

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freefun4every1
03-22-2025 at 07:16 PM.
03-22-2025 at 07:16 PM.
Fidelity bank or brokerage?
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Ryson11
03-22-2025 at 08:04 PM.
03-22-2025 at 08:04 PM.
How do the Amex debt cards work? Only merchants that could accept Amex? That may be limited like a CC then…
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greatwall23
03-23-2025 at 12:46 AM.
03-23-2025 at 12:46 AM.
I did this last year, got my bonus, closed account. Just opened another and the bonus is active.
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mtnagel
03-23-2025 at 04:44 AM.
03-23-2025 at 04:44 AM.
Quote from greatwall23 :
I did this last year, got my bonus, closed account. Just opened another and the bonus is active.
Let us know if you get it because the terms clearly say you can't get a bonus again.
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qkumbr
03-23-2025 at 06:02 AM.
03-23-2025 at 06:02 AM.
Quote from NervousThread261 :
They're not going to send you a 1099 for $250.

You might be thinking 1099-K for eBay sales with the $600 threshold. For bank bonuses you WILL get a 1099-INT no matter the amount.
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bluekiwi
03-23-2025 at 06:52 AM.
03-23-2025 at 06:52 AM.
Quote from greatwall23 :
I did this last year, got my bonus, closed account. Just opened another and the bonus is active.
You may see the bonus listed but you do not qualify

You are not eligible for the Welcome Bonus if you have an existing or previously have had a Rewards Checking Account
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mtnagel
03-23-2025 at 06:53 AM.
03-23-2025 at 06:53 AM.
Quote from qkumbr :
For bank bonuses you WILL get a 1099-INT no matter the amount.
In my experience, it's not 100% but pretty much like 98% that you will get a 1099. I did a $400 sign up bonus with PNC last year and they didn't send me one and I couldn't log into my account to see if it was there since I closed my account. Of course you still need to report it even if you didn't get one.
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sLIMshadyKP
03-23-2025 at 08:33 AM.
03-23-2025 at 08:33 AM.
Quote from Lilyly :
same requirements but $400 at truist. i would go with truist first. if you still have a job the next 90 days. switch auto deposits to this amex.
Truist is only available in the following states: AL, AR, FL, GA, IN, KY, MD, MS, NC, NJ, OH, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV or DC. All states seem to qualify for the Amex SUB.
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khronos
03-23-2025 at 02:57 PM.
03-23-2025 at 02:57 PM.
Quote from flightxxx :
After taxes not much of an incentive, would do it if it was atleast $500+

"duh… I don't like free money because you have to pay taxes"
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bbrain
03-23-2025 at 04:52 PM.
03-23-2025 at 04:52 PM.
eBay payments are ACH payments correct? Last time I think it was Chase said they were not eligible when I was getting an account. Does anyone know if it works with Amex?
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03-24-2025 at 07:51 AM.
03-24-2025 at 07:51 AM.
Quote from qkumbr :
You might be thinking 1099-K for eBay sales with the $600 threshold. For bank bonuses you WILL get a 1099-INT no matter the amount.

Yep, I got 1099-int from Citi for 100$ bonus
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Deals4Lyfe
03-25-2025 at 03:21 PM.
03-25-2025 at 03:21 PM.
Quote from khronos :
"duh… I don't like free money because you have to pay taxes"
same people who say:

"I don't want a raise because that means I'll pay more taxes"

No shit you'll pay more taxes when you make MORE money... HR/corporate finance types love this one trick!
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03-25-2025 at 03:26 PM.
03-25-2025 at 03:26 PM.
Quote from khronos :
"duh… I don't like free money because you have to pay taxes"
Probably refuses raises because it'll put them in a higher tax bracket, and raising their taxes.
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03-27-2025 at 02:06 PM.
03-27-2025 at 02:06 PM.
Quote from greatwall23 :
I did this last year, got my bonus, closed account. Just opened another and the bonus is active.
how do you know the bonus is active? thanks.
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03-29-2025 at 03:43 PM.
03-29-2025 at 03:43 PM.
Quote from NervousThread261 :
They're not going to send you a 1099 for $250.
Anything above $10 in interest or bonus annually require banks to issue 1099-INT.

Edit: Meant to say 1099-INT
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