It is in writing on all our paperwork as well - they are computer-generated albeit giving a personalized look with your name and what not on it.

The business credit card is the one condition you can rely on.

The banker showed us the computer screen which displayed we are "preapproved" for the Continental personal and business credit cards. I told her I did not want them just yet - the sign up bonuses simply not high enough to interest me. They need to up it to at least 50K before I would even consider. I got the current UA 50K offer but not liking the $95 fee and passed. I already made the mistake of getting the 60K Priority Club targeted offer. Less than 2 months now the targeted offer is at 80K. The sign up bonuses seem to get higher and higher, there is no reason to sign up a 25K or 30K CO card.

You should see something like this:

12/20/2010 Debit Card Transaction C A* WALGREENS #4141 LAU 12/17C A* WALG $0.34

The C A* depicts it being miles-earning transaction, i.e. CREDIT CARD TYPE transaction.

Need to have this C A *, else it is not the type needed to avoid monthly fee.

Dang. When I log into my UA credit card account I don't see it. It looks like they are really clamping down on this offer. Too bad because I was all ready to jump on board for the 10K.

I had the Chase Checking the last few years in a row. I cancelled my last one in October in anticipation of being able to meet the requirements (no existing Chase Checking account) for this year. Hopefully they open things up a bit soon.

I would caution using Verizon to make debit card transactions. I have a bank account that gives high interest if one makes 12 debit card transactions a month like it is a credit card transaction. It used to work perfectly, however a few months ago, Verizon started posting it as a ATM/PIN based type transaction and I lost one month's interest.

CO's Mileathon. Makes no sense, I know, but I have a feeling it is related.

IIRC, There was a page or block that popped up that I had to uncheck each time I wanted to use a card on Verison. Verison is my go-to place for rebate gift cards from Staples and the like. That way, instead of carrying around and forgetting to use the full balance on one of those cards, I just log onto VZ Wireless and pay the full amount of the card against my bill. No more forgetting I have $6.84 balance I haven't used.

If you look at www.continental.com now under the credit/debit card section it states Continental Debit Cards are no longer available to new customers.

I find that Verizon wireless charge it as an atm transaction, but Verizon charges it as non-pin transaction With C A*.

has anyone found a new continental Chase cecking acct & debit card deal for 2011?

The previous post states that the CO deal has been discontinued for new customers.. I would expect no new deal.

Folks,
I have the Chase /CO Checking account, but from the posts here it appears unlikely that the 25k offer will be introduced again this year!

I am about to close this account, and I have two options at the moment:
1) Get the United Checking from Chase with 10k miles
2) Get a $ 100 Bonus from Chase for a new checking account.

Which one would you pick? And do you think it is wise to wait a little in the hopes of the Chase /CO Checking offer being revived again? Chase allows only one bonus per customer per year, and CO would be my first choice.

Thanks!

As the CO offer has been discontinued, I see no reason for it to be reinstated. With UA taking over the CCs and other accounts, there is no reason for CO to offer anything.

Don't wait, just pick whichever you think is a better deal.

It's in the T&C's as well.

As far as the possibility of there being a higher mileage bonus at a future date on the credit cards, I took the following into consideration:

1. There's been no new checking/debit offer, which may be comparing apples to oranges, but may also indicate a slowing down of CO offers in general. I think others are agreeing with this.

2. Some of the newer Chase UA offers were not fee free the first year. Yes, I'd probably go for a 50K offer with a $95 fee myself - but I don't find 30K for no fee with a $50 statement credit all that painful.

3. The banker hinted at a possible pending elimination of, or change to, the debit card transactions providing a means to waive checking account fees, much as the DD requirement has changed. I wouldn't be surprised at this. Since the business credit card waives the checking account fee, I thought it beneficial to position myself in advance against that possible loss, while there was still a credit card with a bonus to get!

Hey, I'd be thrilled if a better CO credit card offer came along & some of the FTers who have provided so much useful information to me were able to take advantage of it. I hope it happens! But I'm cool with the 100K miles each we got that day for one hour with the Chase banker, and not overly optimistic that a better deal is on its way.

Trust me, there will be bonuses to be had. With Citi's much larger bonuses for the AA cards, eventually Chase has to do something with the UA offerings.

With the more stringent policy Chase has had regarding card churning, I would want more than 30K miles to open a card that may prevent me from opening other Chase card(s) within the next 6 months... The 100K BA, 50K UA and 60K or 80K PC pts are all better offers than the CO's.

I do understand the excitement of 100K miles - but remember, while they seem to come on one day just an hour at the bank, they actually represent a full year's worth (or worse, a one time only worth, if no more checking account bonus) of miles... It is good but not as nice as the BA offer that started the mega bonus trend from Nov 2009.

It does not concern me if they eventually eliminate the debit card transactions as means to avoid fee, as by then our accounts are "aged" enough to be canceled without danger of losing the bonuses. I can see them putting a minimum amount requirement on the transaction, but unlikely they would eliminate that - for if that is the case, many folks would ditch extra checking accounts and only keep what they view are necessary. Every bank wants the customer staying with the bank instead of leaving the bank - not everyone has DD nor wants to get a credit card from the bank, so the debit card transactions most likely remain as one of the options.

It doesn't look promising. The copyright date in the lower right corner is 2011 so I assume it is the current deal.

2500 miles per debit card.
Max of three additional users.

Here is the link