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Monday, December 28, 2009


Bank bonuses expiring on 12/31/09


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Monday, November 30, 2009


$150 bonus - American Express : Premier Rewards Gold Card; Exp. - unknown

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Note: If you spend $1000 within 3 months, you get 15000 points that can be exchanged for $150 in gift cards (e.g. for Dell, see here.) .


If you spend $1,000 within 3 months and $30,000 within the first year, you will get 15,000 bonus points + 15,000 bonus points + 30,000 in regular points = 60,000 points that can be exchanged for $600 in gift cards. Your rewards will be bigger if you pay for airfare (3 points per $1), gas and groceries (2 points per $1) with this card.


Terms:

# Earn 15,000 Membership Rewards® bonus points when you spend $1,000 in your first 3 months of Card membership – redeemable for up to $150 in gift Cards upon point credit at participating retail, dining, and entertainment partners.

# Earn 15,000 Membership Rewards bonus points when you spend $30,000 per calendar year

# Earn Membership Rewards® points up to three times as fast: You can earn 3X points on airfare, 2X points on gas and groceries, and 1X points on everything else

# No annual fee for your first year of membership, then $175.

To be eligible to earn bonus points, you must be enrolled in the Membership Rewards® program at the time of spend and you must charge $1,000 of eligible purchases in your first three months of Card membership on an eligible, enrolled American Express® Rewards Plus Gold Card. 15,000 bonus points will be credited to your Membership Rewards account 6–8 weeks after you meet the spend requirement. Limit one offer per Card Account. Bonus ID 2924. Bonus points may be redeemed for up to $150 in gift cards upon point credit at participating retail, dining, and entertainment partners. Terms and Conditions of the Membership Rewards® program apply. Visit membershiprewards.com/terms or call 1–800–AXP–EARN (297–3276) for more information. Participating partners and available rewards are subject to change without notice.

To qualify, your total purchases charged to your Premier Rewards Gold Card must meet or exceed $30,000 from January 1 to December 31. Cash and cash equivalent transactions (including balance transfers, convenience checks, and cash advances), finance charges, fees, and purchase credit adjustments are not eligible for qualification.


$100 statement credit (10,000 points) - Chase : Sapphire Card; Exp. - unknown

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Note: You can exchange 10,000 bonus points for a $100 statement credit (see terms below).




Terms:

10,000 bonus points:


You will qualify for and receive your bonus after your first purchase/first use of the card. First purchase/first use includes purchases, balance transfers, or any checks that are used to access your account, and excludes cash advances. After qualifying, please allow 6 to 8 weeks for bonus points to post to your account. This one-time bonus offer is valid only for first-time cardmembers with new accounts. Existing cardmembers/accounts are not eligible for this bonus offer.
Pay yourself back with points

You can redeem points or rebates to apply to purchase(s) made within 60 days of the redemption date. Points redemptions start at 2,500 points for a $25 statement credit to apply to any purchase(s) made with your Chase credit card, where permitted by law, and in 100-point increments for each additional $1 of credit. Rebate redemptions start at $25 in rebates for a $25 statement credit to apply to any purchase(s) made with your Chase credit card, where permitted by law. Redemptions may be made in additional $1 rebate increments for each additional $1 of credit. Statement credits will post to your account within 5-7 business days and will appear on your monthly Chase credit card billing statement within 1-2 billing cycles.
Earn unlimited points


You will earn 1 point for each $1 of net purchases. You will earn an additional 1 point for each $1 of eligible airfare net purchases made online through the program booking tool. You do not earn points on balance transfers, cash advances, cash-like charges such as travelers checks, foreign currency, and money orders, any checks that are used to access your account, overdraft advances, interest, unauthorized or fraudulent charges, or fees of any kind, including fees for products that protect or insure the balances of your account. There is no maximum number of points that you can accumulate in the program. A service fee of up to $20 per ticket may be charged for the use of our toll-free number to book or change airline itineraries. Redemptions made online do not have a service fee. See Rewards Program Rules and Regulations which will be mailed after your account is established.


$50 bonus - Chase : Freedom Visa card; Exp. - unknown

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Terms from the card website:

You will receive $50 in bonus rebates with this bonus offer, which can be redeemed for a $50 check. You will qualify for and receive your bonus after your first purchase/first use of the card. First purchase/first use includes purchases, balance transfers, or any checks that are used to access your account, and excludes cash advances. After qualifying, please allow 6 to 8 weeks for bonus rebates to post to your account. This one-time bonus offer is valid only for first-time cardmembers with new accounts. Existing cardmembers/accounts are not eligible for this bonus offer.


$200 bonus - Citibank : Citi PremierPass card Elite Level; Exp. - unknown

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IBD note: You can exchange 20K TY points for $200 in gift cards (see here)
You net bonus after subtracting $75 annual fee will be $125. It was reported elsewhere on the Internet that one may avoid the annual fee by switching to a regular non-Elite PremierPass credit card within 45 days. I do not know how valid such reports are.



Terms:


Cardholders will also receive 20,000 bonus points after $600 in purchases is made within three months of account opening.


Bonus points can only be earned by new Citi PremierPass® Card & Citi PremierPass® Card - Elite Level cardmembers approved through this offer. All points become available for redemption when they are transferred from your Card Account to your ThankYou Member Account, which may take 1 to 2 billing cycles.

Sunday, November 29, 2009


$50 bonus - PerkStreet Financial: checking account; Exp. - 2/28/10

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Terms:

To get the $50 bonus, open an account with a $25 minimum deposit and keep the account active for three straight months. We'll deposit $50 into your account within 15 business days of the end of the third month.

Offer expires 2/28/2010. A month is defined as 30 days. This offer is valid for first-time PerkStreet Financial checking account customers only. You may be permitted to have more than one PerkStreet Financial account; however you are only eligible to earn one bonus.


$25 bonus - ING Direct : orange savings account; Exp. - 12/31/09

The following info about a $25 bonus for ING Direct Orange savings account was shared by SD member direhawk on SD.


QUOTE
Get a $25 bonus to open an Orange Savings Account
Open an Orange Savings Account from ING DIRECT with at least $150 by December 31st and receive a $25 bonus.
Visit ingdirect.com/save to open today!
With an Orange Savings Account from ING DIRECT, you can quickly move money from your savings to ShareBuilder without losing time.
Easily transfer funds between accounts
No Fees
FDIC-Insured up to $250,000 per depositor
Be sure to enter Reference Code OSA233 to receive your $25 bonus.
Bonus only available for new accounts with a new Customer as primary owner. Only one bonus will be provided per household. $25 bonus starts earning interest upon account opening, but is unavailable for withdrawal for 30 days. Your initial deposit must be at least $150 to receive the $25 account opening bonus.
Banking services are provided by ING Bank, fsb, member FDIC. ING Bank, fsb is a wholly-owned subsidiary of ING DIRECT Bancorp.

source: slickdeals.net/forums/showthread.php?t=1688451&p=24910845&highlight=savings account#post24910845


$100 bonus - optionsXpress : fund a new account with $500; Exp. - 12/31/2011

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Terms:

Offer is valid for one new Individual or Joint optionsXpress account opened and funded with at least $500 by US residents on or before December 31, 2011 at 11:59 CST, and having executed 3 trades within twelve months of account opening. To receive $100 bonus, account must be funded with at least $500 cash or securities transferred from a brokerage firm other than optionsXpress. The $100 bonus will be deposited into the new optionsXpress account within one month after meeting the terms and conditions of this offer. optionsXpress may charge the account for the cost of the $100 bonus should account fail to remain open with minimum funding (excluding trading losses) 6 months from the account open date. IRAs, other tax-exempt, linked, or shared accounts are not eligible to receive the $100 bonus offer. Offer is not transferable, is not valid for internal transfers, current optionsXpress accounts or with any other optionsXpress offers. All taxes related to this $100 bonus offer are the responsibility of the account owner. Limit one offer per person meeting the terms of this offer and opening a new optionsXpress account online at http://www.optionsxpress.com/new_account.a...9&promo=207. We reserve the right at our sole discretion to terminate, modify or suspend this offer at any time without notice. This is not an offer or solicitation in any jurisdiction where we are not authorized to do business.

Sunday, August 30, 2009


$400 free Amazon.com gift cards or 20 free hotel nights - American Express : Business Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card; Exp. - unknown

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Note:

A similar offer exists for Personal Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card

This bonus is a combination of 10,000-point sign-up bonus, 15,000-point extra spending reward and 15,000 regular spending reward. In total, you get 40,000 points.

You can exchange 40,000 sign-up Starpoints for:

First year is fee-free; $45 each year thereafter

Terms from the card website:

• Earn 10,000 Starpoints® with your first purchase1 — enough for up to 3 free nights at a Category 1 or 2 hotel

• Plus– earn an additional 15,000 Starpoints when you spend $15,000 in 6 months3

• Earn one Starpoint for every dollar of eligible spending5 and double Starpoints at participating Starwood properties and retail outlets

• First year fee-free and only $45 thereafter


Even more terms:


1) To be eligible to receive 10,000 bonus Starpoints®, you must make your first purchase with the Starwood Preferred Guest® Credit Card within one year of Card approval. Bonus points will appear on your Starwood Preferred Guest statement 8-12 weeks after your first purchase. Bonus Starpoints are for first-time Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Cardmembers only. You may have more than one Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card account, however, if you have or had any such account you are not eligible to receive bonus Starpoints you may be offered for any other such account.

2) Three nights are based on two weekend nights and one mid-week night in a standard room at a Category 2 hotel or three nights in a standard room at a Category 1 hotel. Starpoints required for a free night range from 2,000 Starpoints for a weekend night in a standard room at a Category 1 hotel to 35,000 Starpoints for any night in a standard room at many Category 7 hotels. Other examples of how you can redeem 10,000 Starpoints for free nights in a standard room include: 2 weekend nights and 2 weekday nights at a Category 1 hotel; two weekend nights at a Category 1 hotel and two weekend nights at a Category 2 hotel; one night at a Category 3 hotel and one night at a Category 1 hotel; or one night at a Category 4 hotel. For complete information on reward stays, visit www.spg.com.

3) You must use your Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card to complete $15,000 of eligible spending by the end of your first six months of Cardmembership, based on the date of your Card approval. 15,000 Starpoints will be credited to your account 8 to 12 weeks after you reach the spend threshold.

4) For a list of participating airlines, transfer ratios and full program details, go to www.spg.com. Participating airlines and transfer ratio are subject to change. Check with your frequent flyer program for details on redemption of airline miles.

5) "Eligible spending" includes purchases of goods or services, which purchases have not been returned or otherwise rescinded, and are not subject to a credit; it does NOT include fees, Finance Charges, Cash Advances (including the use of checks, line activators, automated teller machines or other means of accessing your account), Balance Transfers, or adjustments to your account. We reserve the right not to award any Starpoints®for transactions we determine are not made with the good faith intention of consuming the item charged.

6) You will receive one additional Starpoint for each U.S. dollar of Eligible Spending charged on your Card account at Starwood-branded hotels and resorts then participating in the Starwood Preferred Guest loyalty program, and at standalone retail establishments and online stores that, in each case