Jul 3, 2014, 12:11 pm
Last edit by: muji
Please don't delete this Wiki.
Some of us still earn Delta miles with this card or may want information about past or grandfathered terms and conditions.
Please do not spread panic about miles not posting until after the 10th of each month.
In most cases, miles post in the evening on the 5th of each month if it's a business day, or else the evening of the next business day. "Miles post for purchases made between (inclusive) 5th day of prior month to 4th day of current month."
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Current offer (as of March 2017) is for just 5,000 miles.
https://www.suntrust.com/personal-ba...les-debit-card
Most current 25,000 offer was in-branch only, through May 9, 2016:
History of Recent Past Offers:
Changes as of 7/25/15 :
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If SunTrust closed your account, it would be great if you could share a little info about the account history.
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Some of us still earn Delta miles with this card or may want information about past or grandfathered terms and conditions.
Please do not spread panic about miles not posting until after the 10th of each month.
In most cases, miles post in the evening on the 5th of each month if it's a business day, or else the evening of the next business day. "Miles post for purchases made between (inclusive) 5th day of prior month to 4th day of current month."
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Current offer (as of March 2017) is for just 5,000 miles.
https://www.suntrust.com/personal-ba...les-debit-card
Most current 25,000 offer was in-branch only, through May 9, 2016:
INTRODUCING YOUR NEW EVERYDAY GETAWAY CARD: THE SKYMILES® DEBIT CARD.
Ready for a one-of-a-kind debit card that actually rewards you? Here's one that deposits miles directly into your SkyMiles account. You can earn up to 25,000 bonus miles with the SkyMiles World Debit Card from SunTrust. What's more, when you use your Card for everyday purchases, the miles add up quickly — and they'll never expire.
Here's how it works:
• Present this email at your nearest branch, or call 1-800-650-7277 and mention this offer.
• Get 5,000 bonus miles when you open or upgrade to a new qualifying SunTrust Signature Advantage Checking account with a Delta SkyMiles Debit Card and make your first qualifying purchase. If you already have a Signature Advantage Checking account, ask to upgrade your debit card to a Delta SkyMiles Debit Card.
• Get an additional 20,000 promotional bonus miles when you make 20 qualifying purchases within the first 90 days of account opening.
Continue to earn miles just for using your Card:
• Earn 1 mile for every dollar spent on everyday purchases like groceries, gas and restaurant purchases.1 (up to 4,000 per Card monthly)
• Earn 2 miles per dollar on all direct Delta purchases including flights, Delta Sky Club® passes, in-flight purchases of food and beverages and more.1
• Apply your miles toward upgrades and Award Travel to more than 1,000 destinations worldwide2 on Delta and its partner airlines.
• $75 Annual Fee (reduced fee may apply, ask for details).1
Hurry — this incredible 25,000 bonus mile offer is only available until May 9, 2016.
VISIT YOUR LOCAL BRANCH
Ready for a one-of-a-kind debit card that actually rewards you? Here's one that deposits miles directly into your SkyMiles account. You can earn up to 25,000 bonus miles with the SkyMiles World Debit Card from SunTrust. What's more, when you use your Card for everyday purchases, the miles add up quickly — and they'll never expire.
Here's how it works:
• Present this email at your nearest branch, or call 1-800-650-7277 and mention this offer.
• Get 5,000 bonus miles when you open or upgrade to a new qualifying SunTrust Signature Advantage Checking account with a Delta SkyMiles Debit Card and make your first qualifying purchase. If you already have a Signature Advantage Checking account, ask to upgrade your debit card to a Delta SkyMiles Debit Card.
• Get an additional 20,000 promotional bonus miles when you make 20 qualifying purchases within the first 90 days of account opening.
Continue to earn miles just for using your Card:
• Earn 1 mile for every dollar spent on everyday purchases like groceries, gas and restaurant purchases.1 (up to 4,000 per Card monthly)
• Earn 2 miles per dollar on all direct Delta purchases including flights, Delta Sky Club® passes, in-flight purchases of food and beverages and more.1
• Apply your miles toward upgrades and Award Travel to more than 1,000 destinations worldwide2 on Delta and its partner airlines.
• $75 Annual Fee (reduced fee may apply, ask for details).1
Hurry — this incredible 25,000 bonus mile offer is only available until May 9, 2016.
VISIT YOUR LOCAL BRANCH
History of Recent Past Offers:
Changes as of 7/25/15 :
Balanced Banking (no longer available): 95a/f, 1mile/$2 up to 2000 miles, $3000 daily collected balance to avoid monthly fee
Signature Advantage: $75a/f, 1mile/$1 up to 4000 miles, $25000 daily collected balance to avoid monthly fee
Solid Choice: $95a/f, 2m/$1 up to 2000 miles, $5000 daily collected balance to avoid monthly fee
SunTrust has a list of items that aren't supposed to earn miles, but some do anyway: cash advances, cash back, ATM transactions, tax payments, payments for stored value cards, wire transfers, money transfers, money orders, cashier checks, quasi cash, travelers cheques, purchase of monetary instrumentsSignature Advantage: $75a/f, 1mile/$1 up to 4000 miles, $25000 daily collected balance to avoid monthly fee
Solid Choice: $95a/f, 2m/$1 up to 2000 miles, $5000 daily collected balance to avoid monthly fee
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If SunTrust closed your account, it would be great if you could share a little info about the account history.
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Truist (fka Suntrust) Skymiles Check Card [see WIKI for offers]
May 16, 2012, 11:48 am
#181
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: BOS
Programs: UAL Premier Gold, HHonors Gold, B6 Mosaic
Posts: 135
I've heard conflicting reports on this - some claim it's possible, others say that SunTrust won't count it. If you give it a shot, please let us know how it turns out.
May 16, 2012, 11:54 am
#183
Join Date: Sep 2011
Posts: 143
I put in the maximum initial deposit ($2500) but was closed, not sure if thats considered large enough though but useful as a datapoint.
May 16, 2012, 11:58 am
#184
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 749
May 16, 2012, 11:58 am
#185
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: BOS
Programs: UAL Premier Gold, HHonors Gold, B6 Mosaic
Posts: 135
I don't live in a SunTrust area and only put down $150 initially (although I plan to move over $3000 eventually to avoid the monthly fee), and so far, so good.
May 16, 2012, 12:00 pm
#186
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Orlando area, FL
Posts: 42
I tried setting up a second dummy account with PayPal to send money to and then transfer it back in to test it.. but PayPal put a 21 day hold on it. Cancelled transfer. Just put in the request to fund my "real" PayPal account with $105.. then the plan is to withdraw it back out to the new SunTrust account. It takes 3 days or so for the funding request to process the money in, then a few days to withdraw it back out.. so hopefully by the end of next week I'll know something.
An even better way may be the free 30 day trial of Intuit Payroll services. That's for sure a payroll deposit. If this doesn't work, that's my next stop. I'll report back as soon as I know something regarding the PayPal.\
Once the extra 15k hurdle is figured out, it's off to the races setting up joint accounts.
May 16, 2012, 1:26 pm
#187
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Finally back in Boston after escaping from New York
Posts: 13,644
Hmm, going to visit my in-laws in FL in a few months. Double bonus: Going to ST allows me to open an account in person and gets me out of the house. Wow, did I just say that out loud? Note to self: Never let wife become a FTer.
Mike
Mike
May 16, 2012, 1:55 pm
#188
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Orlando area, FL
Posts: 42
May 16, 2012, 6:29 pm
#189
Join Date: Sep 2011
Posts: 143
It's funny because I just got the starter checks in the mail today (and the debit card a few days ago) with the typical "Congratulations!" letter. You would have figured their processing was a bit smarter.
May 16, 2012, 6:55 pm
#190
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Georgia
Programs: DL, US
Posts: 707
As an update to my previous post, here is my story now:
So, in summary, they: can't get their computers working properly, can't figure out that the multiple accounts were due to a problem with the application process even when I tell them this over the phone and ask them to close one of the accounts, don't inform the user that his account applications have been denied, and refuse to tell me why they've done so... they can only speculate.
This is a professional institution? This is a bank that I am supposed to do business with? I actually wanted to open and use an account from these guys, but with this level of competence, they're absolutely right to be worried that people will just take the points and run. Honestly I recommend that people run, with or without the points; giving these clowns your SSN is just asking for trouble.
- I apply for a suntrust account, but am 'timed out' before I get to the funding page.
- I try again, with a different browser and different computer. Same result.
- At this point, two ambiguous 'thank you for signing up' emails are sent to me. They're poorly formatted, full of jumbles of numbers and letters, and tell me nothing at all useful.
- I call in the next day, and tell them what happened. They say I'll receive an email within 24 hours with account info. No apologies.
- I call them back today, not having received an email. They say, 'Oh, your accounts have been closed. No, we don't inform people of that unless there is money involved… we just close it and don't tell them. They were probably closed because you tried to open more than one at a time, but I don't know for sure because we don't ever indicate a reason for this sort of thing.' STILL no apologies.
So, in summary, they: can't get their computers working properly, can't figure out that the multiple accounts were due to a problem with the application process even when I tell them this over the phone and ask them to close one of the accounts, don't inform the user that his account applications have been denied, and refuse to tell me why they've done so... they can only speculate.
This is a professional institution? This is a bank that I am supposed to do business with? I actually wanted to open and use an account from these guys, but with this level of competence, they're absolutely right to be worried that people will just take the points and run. Honestly I recommend that people run, with or without the points; giving these clowns your SSN is just asking for trouble.
Still, I think I will open a personal account for the miles and dump them as soon as I can.
May 16, 2012, 7:30 pm
#192
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: BNA
Programs: AA, Hilton, PC
Posts: 154
turtles must be 16 yrs old
So... if we can get this little direct deposit hurdle figured out, that means that it's a solid $75 x 30k for as many friends/people/dogs/cats/turtles as you can drag in there to have a joint account with..[/QUOTE]
Tried to sign up my 18 month old daughter today for a joint account in my local branch. Said must be 16 yrs old.
Tried to sign up my 18 month old daughter today for a joint account in my local branch. Said must be 16 yrs old.
May 16, 2012, 9:34 pm
#193
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Orlando area, FL
Posts: 42
Tried to sign up my 18 month old daughter today for a joint account in my local branch. Said must be 16 yrs old.
[/QUOTE]So take the babysitter down..
May 16, 2012, 10:22 pm
#194
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: SAN
Programs: DL SM, Marriot PLT, Tall guy in need of legroom
Posts: 1,478
Houston we Have a Problem
Live in CA and tried via the online link another poster put up here to sign up online. I've re-read this thread a bunch before attempting to do this but am saving and can fund an account and actually even get some use out of the account so why not.
Started process online went through all the basics, etc and then last page clicked submit and get a "We're sorry we cant process your request" screen asking me to visit a branch or call the 800 number.
It's late, I really dont want to call and wait 30+ minutes to do this, curious if I get an email or letter so may wait a few days unless anyone else got this in CA and then called and it was deemed a success?
Started process online went through all the basics, etc and then last page clicked submit and get a "We're sorry we cant process your request" screen asking me to visit a branch or call the 800 number.
It's late, I really dont want to call and wait 30+ minutes to do this, curious if I get an email or letter so may wait a few days unless anyone else got this in CA and then called and it was deemed a success?