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Eddy
Eddy (@guest_785684)
July 19, 2019 22:17

Hi, newbie churner here. I was targeted for this bonus. I applied and was approved 6/18/19. I then pushed:

$505 from Ally on 6/26:
Electronic Deposit From ALLY BANK
REF=191770088303770N00

and

$505 from Ally on 7/2
Electronic Deposit From ALLY BANK
REF=191830037386830N00

I also made 11 Amazon gift card reloads, each between $0.5 and $2.

I then pulled $1,000 back to Ally on 7/3

I was also charged a charged a $6.95 maintenance fee on 7/12 that was then waived that same day, and credited back to my account.

So far, no sign of the $250 bonus. Is it time to have some real paycheck money go in that account in order to get the bonus?

Eddy
Eddy (@guest_795749)
August 8, 2019 20:24

Quick update: $250 bonus posted yesterday, 8/7/2019, after only one real work DD that had posted on 7/25/2019. I therefore think pushing from Ally still work for this bank.

Bambino
Bambino (@guest_770448)
June 15, 2019 02:18

Any tips on transferring money out? My account has an external transfer limit of $200 with a $3 fee.

arizonapv
arizonapv (@guest_770464)
June 15, 2019 08:24

Can you use an external bank, like Wells Fargo, and pull money out? Is it possible to use the bill pay feature and send yourself a check or pay a bill?

david190810
david190810 (@guest_756876)
May 7, 2019 19:28

There is no reason to take this targeted offer. I opened the Platinum Checking through the link for public offer, ACH transferred 2 $1000 from Wells Fargo and Discover within a week. The bonus was posted within a month with plenty of time to downgrade it to a Gold Checking account with no fee.

DH
DH (@guest_756867)
May 7, 2019 19:01

I received an email on this (I have a US Bank credit card). I’m tempted. Since I do write a few checks and a free book of checks isn’t provided with this offer, does anyone know what US Bank charges for their basic checks?

JPP
JPP (@guest_757396)
May 8, 2019 23:09
  DH

I have opened a US Bank account online 3 times in the past and it always included an initial order of checks (25 count) for free. Maybe they’ve changed policy recently.

I currently have a gold checking account. Ordering checks online through US Bank kicks me to deluxe dot com and the minimum order is 1 box for $34.05 before whatever fees and taxes there might be. It would be less expensive to order checks using other means, like Sam’s Club Checks or whatever.

Shirley
Shirley (@guest_759005)
May 13, 2019 17:41
  DH

They sent me 40 free checks on the $300 bonus.

sonia
sonia (@guest_756849)
May 7, 2019 18:21

any tips on possibly getting targeted for these? Over the years, I’ve never received anything.

Ian
Ian (@guest_756835)
May 7, 2019 17:43

I have received the US bank credit card bonus during the past year. Am I still eligible?

Ian
Ian (@guest_756841)
May 7, 2019 17:55
ayem
ayem (@guest_751742)
April 24, 2019 00:11

my transfer from cap360 account shows as “Electronic Deposit
Capital One N.a.” in the U.S bank checking account. Does it mean “Direct Deposit” to be eligible for bonus?

Bonus_Chaser
Bonus_Chaser (@guest_751748)
April 24, 2019 00:27
john m
john m (@guest_731607)
March 6, 2019 23:10

$24.95 monthly fee unless they hold lots of your money at practically no interest.

ChurnBro52
ChurnBro52 (@guest_731558)
March 6, 2019 20:49

Just an FYI, I recently got my checking account shut down by US Bank.

I had a USB checking account that I opened when I first applied for the US Bank Altitude Reserve credit card. I had the USB checking account open for about a year and a half but I never really used it. I recently tried to deposit a $4,000 check at my local branch. I wrote the check to myself from myself (from a different bank account), I was only trying to transfer some funds.

Two days after my deposit, the check cleared in both of my US Bank account and in my external source account.The deposit triggered a hard closure due to “suspicious activity” and “activity not consistent with the terms and conditions”.

I spoke to the local Branch Manager, and there was nothing they could do. My account was frozen and and I have to wait until all funds were verified and I am supposed to receive a cashiers check within 2-3 weeks for the remaining funds in US Bank account. I spoke to my external bank and they were not seeing any returned checks on their end, it looks like the check cleared with no issue.

Kind of a pain, I’ve never had issues writing a check to myself before at other bank accounts, but just a precautionary warning to others who may use US Bank.

doc
doc (@guest_757165)
May 8, 2019 13:17

That’s really weird, and distressing. Did you have any open credit cards with them, with regular activity? Or, just a largely dormant bank account?

Toad
Toad (@guest_731555)
March 6, 2019 20:33

 William Charles — I received a targeted mailer. Same stuff except $300 bonus and only Platinum Checking is allowed. Basically the same as the public one but a lower DD (2 x $1k within 60 days)

john m
john m (@guest_731609)
March 6, 2019 23:15

Me,too. US used to be easy to get there bonuses. Now with a high DD.

ayem
ayem (@guest_749305)
April 16, 2019 21:37

I also received that mailer. Is it not DD of 2 x 500 within 60 days eligible for bonus?