Originally Posted by
ftuser88
I decided to keep a small relationship with MS by opening the AAA and putting some cash into their preferred savings (to avoid the $150 yearly fee). The financial advisor said that e-trade would count towards the fee avoidance relationship though, so that's definitely an option.
my MS rep also said the the ETrade account would count towards fee avoidance but, after two months, the indicator still showed no relationship. He then opened a AAA account for me and promised a AAA yearly fee waiver.