Bank of America-Get $50 by opening a new checking acct w/$25 deposit

Get $50 when you open a Bank of America MyAccess Checking Online account
Offer Code GROUP50
$25 minimum opening deposit requirement within 30 days
Offer expires on 12/31/2009

Link

so they will pay us $50 in TARP funds that our great grandkids will eventually pay for... NICE DEAL!!!

Just tried to enter the offer code and it is saying the offer code you entered has expired.

Does this require you to open a Savings accounts have reoccuring transfer from the Checking to the Savings? Because they've done that to me previously. I read the fine print and it said there was no maintenance fee but other service fees are applicable.

winstonspike said: Just tried to enter the offer code and it is saying the offer code you entered has expired.

I get this message also. Is there a trick to get the offer code to work?

john73 said: winstonspike said: Just tried to enter the offer code and it is saying the offer code you entered has expired.

I get this message also. Is there a trick to get the offer code to work?

When you click on the link in the original post, click on the open account now link after you scroll down -- NOT the one at the top on the right hand side. It comes up that it was expired if you type it in. Clicking the link after you scroll down makes it automatically come up. Hope that helps.

It doesn't say that current checking customers are excluded. Have they credited the money for those who open new accounts but already have a checking in the past?

knacksac said: It doesn't say that current checking customers are excluded. Have they credited the money for those who open new accounts but already have a checking in the past?

"10You will receive your $50 credit to your new account within 50 days of opening your new personal checking account online. Limit one $50 incentive per household every 6 months. Offer valid only for new MyAccess Checking® accounts"

Looks like the offer runs through 12/31/2009, but you can apply for an incentive every 6 months -- so, $100 total, if you open an account today, and again in September? Sweet!

Yep, just debit and bank funding. Signed up and got a "We are processing your request and you will be contacted soon with additional information. Thank you for your patience." email.

Thanks OP...lots of bank bonus deals lately,
including the $100 M&T Bank last Monday.

Total bonuses so far this year about $300.

I see a new AMD 9950 cpu and Gigabyte GA-MA770-UD board
in the future.

OK, my story:
Yes, no direct deposit requirement, no minimum deposit requirement. I opened this account 3 years ago, and I got the bonus, which is good. But sometime last year, I started being charged monthly maintenance fee. Then I contacted their CSR, and finally I found out what the reason is. The previous promotion was ended sometime last year, and they started another identical promotion. But since the promotion I opened the account for was ended, I was charge maintenance fee since then.
So be aware: you will be charged maintenance fee when the current promotion is ended and they start another one.

cloudtalker said: knacksac said: It doesn't say that current checking customers are excluded. Have they credited the money for those who open new accounts but already have a checking in the past?


"10You will receive your $50 credit to your new account within 50 days of opening your new personal checking account online. Limit one $50 incentive per household every 6 months. Offer valid only for new MyAccess Checking® accounts"Valid for new accounts, which would include existing customers who open a new account.

GROUP50 is an old code that seems to have made a comeback. I'm tempted to enter code GROUP100 instead, as that's been the parallel $100 bonus promotion in the past.

And if you are going to open the account anyways, you might as well go to the BofA website and choose a cool "MyExpressions" MyAccess account that comes with a fun debit card (I chose Hello Kitty myself ). Just make sure to enter the promo code on the application, as it wont be auto-filled.

Hey Glitch. Does GROUP100 work? Has anyone tried it?

ThePessimist said: Nice deal - in for 2!
(That's why I got married, to double up on deals like this.)

Caution my friend, says one per household in a 6 month period, be smart and do it in your wife's name now and 6-7 months later (before end of the year for sure) in your name.

Don't forget the $250 added bonus with the KTC program. Paying $1.01 at a time to my cable company still works and the torture of having to do it over 250 times is a small price to pay...

It says in the terms that a savings account should be opened as well. Does anyone know if having a savings account already satisfies that requirement?

Thanks OP !!

Was going to open a new account in the bank as they have a 9 month cd for 2.5 % but risk free so u can withraw all or part of money once every seven days in case if u r in need of money.. incase some one is looking for short term cds.

Says expired for me.

turrdog said: Don't forget the $250 added bonus with the KTC program. Paying $1.01 at a time to my cable company still works and the torture of having to do it over 250 times is a small price to pay...

It says in the terms that a savings account should be opened as well. Does anyone know if having a savings account already satisfies that requirement?

Is this still valid? I don't see it mentioned anywhere.
When do you get the KTC bonuses, monthly, at the end of the year?
If it is yearly then do you forfeit the KTC if you close the account before the end of the year?
Thanks.

alanmax said: turrdog said: Don't forget the $250 added bonus with the KTC program. Paying $1.01 at a time to my cable company still works and the torture of having to do it over 250 times is a small price to pay...

It says in the terms that a savings account should be opened as well. Does anyone know if having a savings account already satisfies that requirement?

Is this still valid? I don't see it mentioned anywhere.
When do you get the KTC bonuses, monthly, at the end of the year?
If it is yearly then do you forfeit the KTC if you close the account before the end of the year?
Thanks.Go to bankofamerica.com/ktc. You should be able to sign up an existing acct. The bonus is paid on the 1 year anniversary. Yes, you have to leave the acct open.

A while ago there was a 100$ bonus posted on www.CreditKarma.com

I used that offer back in 7/24, and they said the bonus was to be added in 90 days, so supposed to receive it around 10/24.

However, they did have a hard-pull on my credit history. I already had a credit card with them before opening that account, so I called and asked why was that. They mentioned they had to send me a new credit card as long as I was now a "customer" of theirs', and that this was a standard procedure they always follow. They did send me in new cards, and cancelled the old ones, in a weeks time. My credit reports show that my older account is still active, not like they closed and opened a new one, which kept me happy so as not to screw my credit score up. I went back and read the fine print about that and couldn't find anything regarding having to have a "new" credit card number, as they mentioned.

Has anyone else experienced such a thing? Can someone explain why that was?

Thanks!!