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Dave B
Dave B (@guest_1150281)
February 25, 2021 06:30

Does anyone know the BONUS CODE for the $400 current Santander promo which expires 3/31/21? Applied online & it asked for it during application.

Pupper
Pupper (@guest_532470)
December 8, 2017 06:27

DP

9/8 opened simply right checking in branch

9/26 $1000 university tuition billing account refund posted as UNIV EREFUND

9/29 $965 ACH from Cap1 Checking posted as P2P

9/29 $35 ACH from Cap1 Checking posted as P2P

11/09 $1000 ACH from PNC posted as P2P

11/14 $1000 ACH from Cap1 360 Savings posted as CAPITAL ONE N.A. CAPITALONE

11/14 $1000 ACH Wells Fargo Checking posted as IFI DDA TO DDA

11/30 $1000 ACH from SunTrust Checking posted as P2P

12/08 $150 bonus pending

I guess the university refund worked as DD? I kinda freaked when bonus didn’t post after all that time lol All that work for only $150… when can I safely close the account? Wait another 30 days? 60 days?

Pupper
Pupper (@guest_532639)
December 8, 2017 13:33

Sorry wrong thread, I’ll move it to the correct page.

moes
moes (@guest_434581)
July 6, 2017 14:58

Applied Apr 3 for a personal offer for $350 after $2k DD
May 5 done with DD from WF
July 3 Bonus came in

Dave P
Dave P (@guest_424132)
June 20, 2017 15:29

Success! Today, 6/20, I finally got my bonus for the account I opened on 1/30. I called last week, on 6/13, they gave me a reference number, I called back on 6/16 for a status update, and was told by bonus should post this week. Indeed it did, and as others have reported, they bumped it up to the $225, even though I applied when it was still $150. All is well that ends well, but man, that took a long time.

Willy Brandt
Willy Brandt (@guest_421927)
June 16, 2017 13:57

Called Santander to close/cancel my account. I was on hold listening to crappy Disney music for 4 minutes before taking to someone, total call took 9 minutes.

The first friendly droid had to transfer me to a second account specialist (with the same horrible on hold music). She asked why I was closing, and I said “I wasn’t using it as much as I thought I would”. She grunted, looked at the history, and said “It looks like you just signed up for the bonus.”

Overall, pretty painless.

Access is granted to the account for the next 2 months, but everything is closed out. Thanks DoC!

eclipsor
eclipsor (@guest_418421)
June 10, 2017 10:40

DP for those who gave up on Santander like I did:

1/31 – Applied for checking under the $150 bonus

2/15 – Account opened

3/01 – Opening deposit posts

3/15 – ACH push from Chase posts

6/12 – $225 bonus pending and available

Jeremy
Jeremy (@guest_417382)
June 8, 2017 21:02

I opened on 01/21/2017
DD 02/10/2017
90 Days after opening would have been 04/21/2017
Bonus should have been paid 30 days after 04/21/2017 = 05/21/2017
I called on 05/26/2017 and I was told by a representative that my DD didn’t qualify since it didn’t have the word “payroll” in the deposit. I indicated that the word “payroll” in the deposit name or description wasn’t a required and the representation didn’t have anything else to say other than I wouldn’t get the bonus without the world “payroll” in the deposit.

I filed a CFPB complaint on 05/27/2017 and Santander responded on 06/08/2017 indicating that I didn’t have a promotional code entered when I opened the account online but they would give me a $150 courtesy credit. Santander’s response indicating that a promotional code was required doesn’t make much sense since on the application page on Santander’s website said “Coupon will automatically be applied to online applications.” I suppose the fighting over the reason why their response to the CFPB complaint isn’t accurate doesn’t make much sense since they are providing the $150 bonus anyways.

Jim
Jim (@guest_417404)
June 8, 2017 21:37

Congrats on the bonus, in spite of the incompetent phone rep and CFPB response

Thanks for the DP

Master Allan
Master Allan (@guest_412401)
May 30, 2017 22:49

Success without intervention!
Opened Jan 15 2017
DD government posted late March
$150 Bonus posted Tuesday 5/30/17

Dave P
Dave P (@guest_412151)
May 30, 2017 10:49

Still no bonus for me. Applied on 1/30/17, account officially opened on 2/14/17, three different $500+ deposits posted between 2/17/17 and early March. Starting to get frustrated seeing data points from people in other threads who opened accounts after me for the larger promotion getting their bonus already.

DirtyLilRat
DirtyLilRat (@guest_411543)
May 28, 2017 17:52

My “direct deposit” from Cap360 was done late Feb and no bonus from Santander here. Since my DD was a bit later than those listed from members above, I’m still keeping my fingers crossed, hoping it will post in the next few weeks.

Patti
Patti (@guest_411552)
May 28, 2017 18:27

According to the requirements in my notes you just have to do the dd within 90 days of opening. If others did theirs on day 10 and you did it on day 75, it’s all good. 🙂