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Simple steps to an extra 100 bucks!
1. Open a new SunTrust checking account
2. Spend $500 with your SunTrust MasterCard Check Card in the first three months
3. Get $100 deposited straight into your account
Eligible New Checking Accounts: To qualify for the $100 promotional incentive, a new personal checking account must be opened at an in-store SunTrust branch located inside Publix, Kroger, safeway, WalMart, B-Lo and Harris Teeter retail stores between 8/30/2013 and 12/31/2013, and at least $500 must be spend on qualifying purchases with a SunTrust MasterCard Check Card(s) or Delta SkyMiles World Check Card(s) that are associated with the new account within 90 days of opening the new checking account. In-store SunTrust branch locator
Eligible personal checking accounts are limited to the following: EZ Checking, Everyday Checking, Solid Choice Banking, Signature Advantage Banking, Signature Advantage Brokerage, Student Checking and Balanced Banking. SunTrust clients who already have a checking account with SunTrust (as a primary or secondary account holder) are not eligible for this promotion. SunTrust Checking Account Options (Best options - Everyday Checking, EZ Checking)
Qualifying Purchases: Only SunTrust MasterCard Check Card or Delta SkyMiles World Check Card PIN Point of Sale and signature-based purchases (including small dollar purchases that do not require a signature), Internet purchases, phone or mail order purchases qualify for meeting the $500 spend requirement. Cash advances, cash portion of a PIN POS sale with Cash Back, ATM transactions, payments for stored-value cards, wire transfers, money transfers, money orders, cashier checks, quasi cash, traveler's cheques, purchase of monetary instruments or a PIN POS/signature transaction that contains either in whole or part of one or more of the previously excluded transaction types do not qualify. PIN Point of Sale and signature-based check card purchases made with any check card(s) tied to the new checking account will count towards meeting the requirement to spend $500 within 90 days from account opening.
After making a minimum of $500 in qualified PIN Point of Sale and signature-based purchases with your SunTrust MasterCard Check Card(s) or Delta SkyMiles World Check Card(s) within 90 days of checking account opening, SunTrust will deposit the $100 credit to your new checking account. Please allow 8 weeks for the $100 credit to be deposited to your new account. Only one $100 credit will be awarded per eligible new SunTrust personal checking account. The SunTrust personal checking account must be open and in good standing at the time of the $100 credit. For interest bearing checking accounts, the $100.00 bonus will be reported to you and the IRS on Form 1099-INT as interest income.
The offer is only available at SunTrust in-store branches between 8/30/2013 - 12/31/2013, and it is only available once per customer.
Offer is not listed online. In-store you will find a whiteboard and flyer with title - Want an extra $100 for groceries?
No hard pull.
Starter checks will have two routing numbers listed (additional routing number is for ACH/Direct Deposit).
Fee for account closed within first 6 months - $25.00.
SunTrust has stopped charging $20 to close account by mail.
source: fatwallet.com/forums/finance/1297018
