Offer extended to June 7th, 2024.
Update 1/28/24: $800 bonus no longer available.
Update 10/26/23: $600 bonus has been increased to $800 with this link.
Update 10/2/23: Extended to 02/07/2024
Update 6/4/23: Extended until October 7, 2023.
Update 5/8/23: Extended until June 7, 2023.
Update 2/8/23: Extended until May 7, 2023.
Update 12/15/22: $400/$600 bonuses available again. Available in Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, West Virginia or Wisconsin. $400 bonus requires direct deposit.
Update 11/17/22: Deal is back and has been increased to $400/$600. Hat tip to reader AA
Offer at a glance
- Maximum bonus amount: $200
- Availability: Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia (Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania or West Virginia for the $500 bonus)
- Direct deposit required: Yes for $400 bonus
- Additional requirements:Â Must be a U.S. Citizen
- Hard/soft pull: Soft
- Credit card funding: None
- Monthly fees:Â $5, waivable
- Early account termination fee:Â None
- Household limit:Â None
- U.S. Citizenship Required: Yes
- Expiration date:Â
March 31st, 2016ÂJune 30, 2016September 30th, 2016January 31st, 2017April 30th, 2017 July 31st, 2017October 31st, 2017 January 7th, 2018 March 31st, 2018 June 30th, 2018 September 30th, 2018 December 31st, 2018 June 30th, 2019October 7th, 2019January 7th, 2020 April 7, 2021February 7, 2023
Contents
The Offer
- Open a Perks Checking account and receive a $400 sign up bonus when you receive a qualifying direct deposit within 90 days of account opening
- Open a Platinum Perks checking account and receive a $600 sign up bonus when you make at least $25,000 in total deposits within 60 days
The Fine Print
- $200/$500 bonus will be deposited within 14 days of meeting the requirements
- Account must maintain an open account status for at least 90 days before it is eligible for the bonus payment.
- Huntington reserves the right to limit an individual to one account-related gift incentive per rolling 12-month period across all deposit account relationships
- This offer is not available to existing checking customers, including fiduciaries, or those with checking accounts closed within the last six months
- Bank reserves the right to limit each customer to one new account related gift incentive per calendar year
- This offer is only available to online applicants residing in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia
- All bank account bonuses are treated as income/interest and as such you have to pay taxes on them
Avoiding Fees
Huntington Perks Checking Checking Account ($200 Bonus)
This account has a $10 monthly fee, this is waived:
- with $1,000 in total monthly deposits or
- with $5,000 in relationship balances from checking and savings
Huntington Platinum Perks Checking Checking Account ($300 Bonus)
The $25 monthly maintenance fee waived with $25,000 in relationship balances from checking and savings
Early Account Termination Fee
They used to charge an early account termination fee but that is no longer charged. Account does need to be kept open for 90 days and then within 14 days of that the bonus will post
Bonus History
- Update 1/26/19: Deal is back and valid until June 30th, 2019. Hat tip to reader Pat
- Update 10/14/18: Deal is back but only the $200 offer is available and a direct deposit is required. I wouldn’t recommend this bonus. Hat tip to YAR.
- Update: When you click through it says the $15,000 in deposits must be maintained for 90 days. This makes the deal considerably worse.
Our Verdict
It’s sometimes possible to receive $350 targeted bonuses with no direct deposit requirement (and sometimes these are also sold on eBay) but this is the best public bonus they offer. We don’t usually see the $600 bonus and it looks like you just need make $25,000 in total deposits rather than having $25,000 deposited at one time. Keep in mind the $25 monthly fee, but it might make sense to go for the $600 bonus and just pay a few months of $25 in fees. If I lived within the target area I’d definitely go for this bonus as no direct deposit is required. It’s kind of a hassle to keep the account fee free even on the $200 bonus, but you could just suck up the $5/$25 monthly fee or close the account (after bonus posts, minimum of 90 days) if you didn’t want to park $5,000/$25,000 (you’d be better off putting that money into a high interest account in my opinion).
We’ve added this bonus to our list of the best bank bonuses. You can view people’s experience with this bonus last time it was available here.
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Post history:
- Update 10/8/22: Extended until February 7, 2023.
- Update 6/8/22: Extended until October 7, 2022.
- Update 2/6/22: Extended until June 7, 2022
- Update 10/8/21: Extended until February 7, 2022.
- Update 9/6/21: The $500 bonus is back and requires a $15,000 deposit instead of $25,000. Unfortunately you need to use an affiliate link to get this offer (we don’t use those). You can find one in the comments below. As long as the website is https://www.huntington.com/xxxxx then it’s legitimate. Looks like this promo is only available in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania or West Virginia.
- Update 7/10/21: Extended until October 7, 2021.
- Update 6/21/21: When I open the link I see ‘llinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania or West Virginia’ when others open the link they see ‘Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, West Virginia or Wisconsin’ Seems to have been extended to CO, MN, SD, WI. Make sure to check the terms on your offer to ensure your link says the same. It also says ‘If you live in Colorado, Minnesota, South Dakota or Wisconsin, please use the Huntington Mobile app or Online Banking on huntington.com to access your new checking account. Your account will be digital-only until TCF officially joins Huntington in June. If you live in any other state previously mentioned, you can also bank in person at any Huntington branch.’ Hat tip to Brian W
- Update 4/8/21: Extended until July 7, 2021.
- Update 2/18/21: $500 bonus is now $300. Requires a $25,000 deposit instead of $15,000.
- Update 1/4/21: Extended until April 7, 2021. Hat tip to reader Mrs. Gee
- Update 10/4/20: Extended until January 7, 2021. Hat tip to reader Kyle
- Update 7/6/20: Deal has been extended until October 7th, 2020.
- Update 5/7/20: $500 bonus is available again
- Update 4/3/20: Extended until 7/7/20.
- Update 1/4/20: Deal has been extended until April 7th, 2020. Hat tip to reader DP719
- Update 10/17/19: Deal is back and valid until January 7th, 2020. Hat tip to reader Three Monks
The T&C’s don’t seem to specify a minimum amount required for the direct deposit. Will any amount do?
Does the bank pull Chex / ChexSystems Report for opening accounts? Somehow no info from DoC on this.
Any DP is appreciated.
They don’t pull Chex, only pulling EWS
If I recently had an application denied for a checking account in another bank due to EWS, would I likely also be denied by Huntington as well? If so, how long should I wait before applying?
are US permanent residents eligible to open this account or this is only for US citizens?
Straightforward bonus this year. I opened the Platinum Perks and did not get assessed a fee before closing. I think it was because I closed it before this months statement generated.
1/6/24: Opened Platinum Perks
1/11/24: 25,001 deposit from Ally
1/16/24: Withdrawal back to Ally
4/9/24: 600 bonus posted
4/10/24: Used Zelle to quickly transfer out remaining funds, then closed out via phone
There does not seem to be a chat option any longer, only phone.
Your first sentence indicates you’ve churned this bonus before. If so, what date did you last receive your previous bonus with Huntington?
I’m thinking about their rolling 12 month language and wondering if it’s truly enforced.
According to this DP the rolling 12 month language is not enforced.
Thank you! Hoping to see more, too. My dates will much more obviously not close to 12 months between bonus posts in case Huntington was deciding to just be lenient in this case… Since the terms say it’s at their discretion.
According to my tracking sheet I opened my last account on 11/27/22, bonus received on 1/1/23, then closed the account on 5/12/23. I usually like to wait a year after the bonus posts to be safe, so I’ll try this one again on 4/10/2025.
Hey is 400 it 500 for just the one deposit?
12/26 Platinum Perks account opened
1/11 $25,000 deposit
1/17. $25,000 withdrawal
3/13 $25 fee
4/2 $600 bonus posted
I will call and request a courtesy waiver for the monthly fee and downgrade the account.
You had a zero balance in there for 2 months? Can you update if they waive fee for you?
I kept my initial $100 deposit in there. The last several times they have waived the fee and downgraded the account for myself and P2 without issue.
Hoping someone can help me here just trying to figure out timeline stuff.
Opened an account on 1/2. Received the disclosure via PDF including the $400 cash bonus addendum.
1/5: $500 direct deposit from USAA
1/26: $1,200 direct deposit from Chase
Have had several since too.
Still have not received the bonus. Should I wait until April to call Huntington?
You’re not even at the end of your 90 day qualification period so sit tight. They have an additional 14 days after that to pay, so 4/15 at the latest.
For Platinum Perks, do I need to keep the 25k in the checking account the entire time? Or can I deposit it, then transfer to a CD? I want to take advantage of their 5.05%, 7 month promo. But I don’t want to jeopardize the$600 bonus
There’s no requirement to keep $25k in the account other than to waive the monthly fee. It should be automatically waived the first 2 months, and then you can request a one-time waiver if you get hit with it the 3rd month. I would recommend keeping at least $26 in the account for that reason.
Thanks. I went to the branch yesterday and they confirmed the same
P1 used the method detailed by mothman69, received bonus and monthly fee reversed.
P2 did something similar to your plan: (a) opened checking with $25 and deposited $25k; (b) opened a 14-month CD in branch by transferring $25k from checking; (c) received $600 checking bonus without issue.
Opened 12/13/23
Dd $1000 Jan, Feb Fidelity
Dd March to keep free
3/19 $400 bonus posted
DP:
12/21 Perks checking
Opened
Some checks and ACH pushes from US Bank
3/20 Bonus posted
Seems like they take their sweet time, really going for that 90-days