<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by wanaflyforless:
I signed up for BankDirect a couple years ago, kept a balance of $2500+ to avoid fees, got lots of miles for direct deposit, and closed my account about 4 months later almost 8,000 AA miles richer 
(I believe you pay fees for a balance under 2500 - even with direct deposit)</font>
In looking at BankDirect's website, if you have a lot of money, it looks like you can achieve AA Gold or Platinum status in record time. Their money market checking account gives you 100 miles per month per $1000 account balance. Just deposit $10 million for one month, and you hit lifetime gold. Leave it on deposit for another month, and you have lifetime platinum. Anyone want to loan me $10 million for two months?
