[Expired] [AZ only] VantageWest Up To $300 Checking/Credit Card Bonus

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Offer at a glance

  • Maximum bonus amount: $300
  • Availability: Must live, work or worship in Pima, Pinal, Cochise, or Maricopa Counties, Gila River Indian Community Reservation, Arizona’s “Copper Basin” Area. Possibly in branch only as well? [Branch locations]
  • Direct deposit required: No
  • Additional requirements: Open credit card
  • Hard/soft pull: Soft pull for checking account, likely hard pull for credit card
  • ChexSystems: Yes
  • Credit card funding: $2,000
  • Monthly fees: None-$12, avoidable
  • Early account termination fee: Six months, bonus forfeit
  • Household limit: None
  • Expiration date: December 31st, 2019

The Offer

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  • VantageWest is offering a bonus of up to $300 when you open a new checking and credit card. This is actually interesting, as the VantageWest Connect Rewards Card earns 5% in rotating categories. You need to spend $1,500 on the credit card you open. The bonus you receive depends on the checking and credit card you open:

  • Obviously you’ll want to open the Connect Rewards card as it earns 5% back in rotating categories.

The Fine Print

  • Promotion runs Feb. 13 – Dec. 31, 2019. Second qualifying product must be opened within 30 days of first qualifying product.
  • Minimum opening deposit of $20.00.
  • Both qualifying products must remain open for at least 6 months or you may be responsible for reimbursement of any bonus awarded.
  • Account must be in good standing.
  • The Rewards Points bonus will be credited to your rewards account within 30 days of the date the last requirement is met.
  • Cash rewards will be awarded as points ($100=10,000 points).
  • Limit one new checking account and one new VISA, per membership and per member.
  • Promotion offered only for new checking accounts and credit cards and does not apply to increases, conversions or re-opening of a closed account or credit card. Certain restrictions may apply.
  • See Vantage West Rewards terms and conditions for details and restrictions of the program. Accounts subject to approval. Federally insured by NCUA.
  • Members with an existing Checking or Visa are not eligible for the bonus
  • All bank account bonuses are treated as income/interest and as such you have to pay taxes on them

Avoiding Fees

Monthly Fees

Essential Checking

If you open this with the rewards card you get a $200 bonus and this account has no monthly fees.

Premium Rewards

If you open this with the rewards card you get a $300 bonus. If you have an average daily balance of $3,000 or combined average daily balance of $10,000+ or monthly direct deposit of $750 the monthly fee of 12 is waived.

Early Account Termination Fee

Both checking and credit card account need to stay open for six months to avoid having the bonus clawed back.

Our Verdict

Best way to think of this is just a credit card bonus that requires also opening a checking account. The credit card itself is actually useful and doesn’t normally come with a sign up bonus so I think now is definitely the time to sign up for it. I’ll add this to our list of best credit card bonuses.

Hat tip to readers New M & Richard G

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Abstract15
Abstract15 (@guest_860174)
December 19, 2019 21:52

Opened CC first w/o issue.

Then opened checking account a week later. Tried online but email said they weren’t able to open it. Went in branch and opened without issue.

Abstract15
Abstract15 (@guest_898831)
February 4, 2020 22:50

Hit MSR 1/13/20. Bonus paid out 1/14/20

Amit Tank
Amit Tank (@guest_765219)
May 30, 2019 18:55

In Maricopa county. Opened up CC first, received a call to submit the latest 2 paystubs and then approved and requested to open membership (with checking account if needed).

Opened membership and checking accounts with Citi AAdvantage CC for $2000 initial funding (posted as purchase) online.

Waiting for the Credit Card though for 10 days…

jon
jon (@guest_759947)
May 16, 2019 02:32

this is listed under the ‘Best Business Card Bonuses’ for May, however I don’t see anywhere in the details here or on vantage west that this is a Business card.

Mark
Mark (@guest_804759)
August 30, 2019 04:45

Any updates on this? Can this be for personal?

Mark
Mark (@guest_854666)
December 7, 2019 20:33

Update: I opened it for personal. There’s nothing on the website asking for business information.

Keynote
Keynote (@guest_750827)
April 21, 2019 18:57

I think they actually added something to the terms a few weeks after the promo started :(. Members with an existing Checking or Visa are not eligible for the bonus. I don’t remember seeing that when this promo was introduced and I wish I would have read the terms closely again when applying since I have their regular none rewards card, which according to this disqualifies me now. Not cool Vantage 

eksabajt
eksabajt (@guest_748454)
April 15, 2019 03:36

I was able to churn this despite the wording saying “Promotion […] does not apply to […] re-opening of a closed account”. Previously I had closed a Rewards Checking account. That account type had been renamed to Premium Rewards Checking when I re-opened. So I’m still not certain it would be considered “re-opening” if there hadn’t been any such changes in the interim.

eksabajt
eksabajt (@guest_735935)
March 16, 2019 13:59

“Both qualifying products must remain open for at least 6 months or you may be responsible for reimbursement of any bonus awarded.”
Does this mean that you would not be able to downgrade from Premium Rewards to Essential Checking?

Keynote
Keynote (@guest_749801)
April 18, 2019 00:50

I am wondering the same thing.

veeRob
veeRob (@guest_728220)
February 27, 2019 21:33

I don’t see any links on the promotion page to open the accounts. Are we supposed to do these separately from their product pages and assume the promotion will happen automatically?

Kimillionaire
Kimillionaire (@guest_726980)
February 25, 2019 15:14

Here are two data points for bonus posting. Player 2 and I both did VantageWest checking account bonuses last year (no credit card requirement).

P1: Account opened 4/24, met requirements 5/25, bonus posted 6/12 (18 days)
P2: Account opened 6/11, met requirements 7/19, bonus posted 8/14 (26 days)

Mr.PointGenie
Mr.PointGenie (@guest_727678)
February 26, 2019 19:00

Are you located in AZ?

Clarine
Clarine (@guest_730191)
March 4, 2019 02:52

Kimillionaire
Are you located in AZ?

Kimillionaire
Kimillionaire (@guest_730278)
March 4, 2019 11:31

Yes, I’m in AZ.

eksabajt
eksabajt (@guest_735931)
March 16, 2019 13:54

You opened the same checking account as last year? So that doesn’t count as “re-opening of a closed account”?

eksabajt
eksabajt (@guest_736040)
March 16, 2019 20:12

Sorry, I had misread and thought you had received this bonus as well.
I also got the checking bonus last year. Posted 18 days after meeting the reqs.