It's LIVE! WAMU/CHASE Get $100 cash bonus when you open a Free Checking + 5 debit card uses - Starts 9/8/09 to 10/16/09

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thanks zidan

Get $100 cash bonus when you open a
Free Checking* account and set up direct
deposit or make five debit card purchases.

* No monthly service fee
* 14,000 WaMu and Chase ATMs nationwide
* FREE online banking and bill pay

From the site:

Important Information:
Bonus/Account Information — Offer valid 9/8/09 - 10/16/09. To qualify for the reward, you must open a new checking account with a $100 minimum opening deposit of new money (money not currently held by this bank). Also, within 60 calendar days of account opening, you must initiate a monthly direct deposit which includes payroll, pension, Social Security or other government benefits or have at least five debit card purchases (using your PIN or signature) posted to your account. The reward will be deposited into your new account within 2 weeks after the initial direct deposit or the five debit card purchases have posted to your account. Limit one personal checking account-related reward/premium per customer, per calendar year. Offer not available on account conversions or in combination with any other offer. Reward is not considered part of the minimum opening balance. Account is subject to approval. Offer limited to one per household. Employees of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and our affiliates are not eligible. Reward is considered interest and will be reported on IRS Form 1099-INT.

Offer Expired

edit: woops, didn't see date

Thanks, but I don't think it's available everywhere.

*Product Name: Free Checking will be referred to as WaMu Free Checking™

*WaMu branded products are only available at WaMu branded branches. In CA only, WaMu branded products available at Chase branded branches. Deposit products and services are provided by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

In my state the WaMu branches have been rebranded and I'm not in CA.

Has anyone been sucessful cashing in on a Wamu and Chase checking bonus in the same calendar year?

bondo123 said: seems an easy way to double your money in a month or so, the best part is you can do 5 debit card transactions instead of requiring DD because i have my DD tied up with the BofA promo

You know you can split your check and do multiple DDs, right?

You can't split Social Security deposits; in New York State you can't split NYS Retirement payments.

Is this offer valid for Chase customers who already have a free checking account?

I had a current wamu/chase free checking account when I signed up and got my $100 free cash after completing the conditions.

skwz said: I did both promotions and got a $100 for each. Since I'm in California, I couldn't sign up for a Chase account if I put in a Cali zipcode, so I just put in a NY zipcode (I'm referring to the "availability" zipcode)." I'd imagine this is the same for the WAMU site, just open with a California zipcode if you're not a Cali resident.

Did you do both promotions within a calendar year of each other?

will try this on tuesday. thanks, OP.

I got $125 bonus for opening a new chase checking account earlier this year. Do I qualify for this bonus offer as well? Thanks.

When I click on the "Apply Now" button, it says "Offer Expired"

skwz said: umafuaba said: skwz said: I did both promotions and got a $100 for each. Since I'm in California, I couldn't sign up for a Chase account if I put in a Cali zipcode, so I just put in a NY zipcode (I'm referring to the "availability" zipcode)." I'd imagine this is the same for the WAMU site, just open with a California zipcode if you're not a Cali resident.

Did you do both promotions within a calendar year of each other?

Yes

I did both Chase and WaMu 100 bucks bonuses this calendar year as well.

am i missing something?
anyone getting this to work, saying offer expired...

Still Offer expired for me.

Had the $100 offer pop up at a local news site today. This link worked for me:

Link

According to disclosures from the chase, it is $25 if closed in 90 days.

Though, if you take out all your money, I am not sure how they can get $$ from a zero balance account.

you can do an ach push to the Checking each month (from an outside bank) and it will count to meet the Direct Deposit requirement (unofficially of course...but it does work) so don't call any CSR and ask them about it! (lol)....Also, usually a condition of these bonus offers with them is that the account must remain open for a minimum of 6 months...so keep that in mind....

Bonus/Account Information — Offer valid 9/8/09 — 10/16/09. To qualify for the bonus you must open a new Chase CheckingSM account with a $100 minimum deposit of new money (money not currently held by Chase or its affiliates). Also, within 60 days of account opening you must initiate a monthly direct deposit which includes payroll, pension, Social Security or other government benefits, or make five debit card purchases. The bonus will be automatically deposited into your new account within 10 business days after the initial direct deposit or five debit card purchases have posted to your account. Bonus is not considered part of minimum opening deposit. Limit one checking account-related reward/premium per customer, per calendar year. Offer not available on account conversions or in combination with any other offer. Offer not available to existing Chase checking customers. Employees of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and our affiliates are not eligible. Checking account must remain open for a minimum of six months or the bonus will be debited from the account at closing. Account is subject to approval. Bonus is considered interest and will be reported on IRS form 1099-INT.

Armageddonar said: any one knows where can I get wamu local branch coupon? thanks

use the e-mail coupon link.

DamnoIT said: OK so just moved $200 from my account yesterday(to pay a chase card) and had a balance of $220 and noticed this morning a -5 balance. They charged me a RETURNED ITEM FEE $25, what is that? I had a $20 balance and never used the account for anything else. Others keep your eyes peeled for this sort of thing.

Sounds like you had something try to clear your account, which, since your account was only at $20, they RETURNED the item unpaid (ie. like a check or ACH debit). Of course, you would then get charged an NSF fee ($25). Any chance the payment for the Chase CC tried to come out BEFORE you were able to put the $200 in? If you really want to know, goto Chase and have them look at your transaction history. On it, it will show what tried to clear. Hope that helps. Let us know how it goes. Thanks.

SuperG03