Originally Posted by
RameshK
Welcome to FT.
You are right. WAMU is not yet fully integrated with the Chase Bank. Those of us from California who got bonus miles on this deal, did so by opening checking accounts in other states when we were on travel and found time to walk into one of the "Real" Chase Bank branches. I know this does not help you get the bonus miles, but those are the Chase rules.
Thank you for your response. I was interested to read the posting by PatMike back in Apr. 16th. wherein his Wa-Mu /Chase bank in california called the Chase Bank in Phoenix,Ariz. (phone # on bottom of post) and helped him to open an account over the phone, and faxing them the information they need including the signature cards. Do you think that this is worth a try?? I called the Wa-Mu banking customer service # and they said that Arizona is not yet fully intregrated, so I am a bit confused. Do you think that the 15,000bonus mile and debit card promotion will be available again in California when Wa-Mu/Chase is completely changed over to Chase in October?? I'm planning a trip to Greece next year and wanted to start generating more miles especially using the debit card asap. I appreciate you taking the time to read my posts. Thanks!!