Originally Posted by shanshan

I recently took out the Chase checking account offer for 25K miles. Offer broken up into 2 pieces:

10K miles: 1 Direct Deposit or 5 Debt Purchases within 60 days
15K miles: Get a new debit card + 1 debit purchase by a certain date
- Both the $29 and more expensive debit cards qualify for promotion I was told

Separately to not incur a fee on the checking account, set up direct deposit or have 5 debit purchases each month

So the mileage bonus is different than Chase's own minimums to maintain the account without fees.

This is for a "chase checking account" their basic account. They have other premium acccounts where fees are waived for higher balances etc.

In terms of direct deposit, I believe they told me needs to at least be $200 a month,b ut double check wtiht hem. you can split your w-2 into different tranches so $200 goes into chase account.