$100 Checking Account from WaMu
Washington Mutual has already been sold to JPMorgan Chase & Co in this September. The previous WaMu free checking account and high yield savings account is a great combination to enjoy high interest rate from a good savings account and an easy to use checking account. This combination is reviewed here.
Today I received an email and a mail from WaMu which is offering $100 bonus for opening a free checking account at WaMu.
The email stated that:”As a valued WaMu Credit Card customer, you may have heard that we’ve joined forces with Chase, one of America’s largest banks. To celebrate our bright future, we’re offering you $100 simply for opening a WaMu Free Checking account.”
It seems that this offer is targeted to WaMu Credit Card customers. There is a promotion code came with the email. Mine is 0070-ADCR-8845. This offer ends on 01/24/2009. The online application page can be found through this link.
WaMu Free Checking Account features:
- FREE Access to over 14,000 WaMu & Chase ATMs nationwide
- FREE Checks
- FREE WaMu® Debit MasterCard® with $0 Liability Fraud Coverage
- FREE Online Banking with Bill Pay
- One overdraft or bounced check fee waived per year
The $100 bonus is a sweet deal, especially when this account only requires you to make $100 initial deposit to receive $100 bonus (no direct deposit is required!).
Plus if you use the WaMu Debit MasterCard comes with your free checking account, you have the chance to win $1,000 per day!
WaMu is running a sweepstake for the WaMu debit MasterCard users. Each time you sign for purchases between November 1, 2008 and December 31, 2008, you will be entered for a chance to win the daily prize of a $1,000 gift card. You’ll also be automatically entered to win the grand prize of $50,000 on New Year’s Eve. Please note that only the signature based transactions are counted. The details can be found here.
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Wow, So good for savings account interest information
thank you for the info. can we close the account anytime or we have to wait for a while?
after you receive the bonus, i think you can close the account.
the code is no good. too bad~><
but thank you anyway~^^
Seems like the code you have is for one time use only and my guess is that you already have used it.
I didn’t use the code. Some one might have used the code…
check your weekly aids… that’s why I received mine. My question is… I signed through the link you provided, but it got approved but didn’t say anything about the $100 bunus.
Am I on the right track?
Yes,you are right. Keep the email or mail as a proof.
I got something like this in the mail. (I’m a Chase customer.)
Keep in mind that you need to open the account with at least $100 in order to be eligible for the $100 gift. This is only mentioned in the small print on the back of the offer. Everywhere else it says that the minimum to open an account is $1. This is true, but then you won’t be eligible for the bonus.
It also needs to be in “new money”, i.e. money not already in possession by Chase/WaMu.
What they don’t tell you is you need to put $100 deposit on your initial deposit or you can’t receive the bonus $100.
When I signed up for a Wamu account a couple of months ago, I signed up hastily and didn’t put the full amount that qualifies you for the $100 bonus.
I did nothing else with the account, except for one purchase and one deposit, and I check my account two days ago, and I received a $100 bonus! I checked to see if I actually qualify, but I don’t, so this is interesting.
I’m not complaining!
Craig, they actually state that in the Terms and Conditions, but it’s fine print so you have to look.