But both my wife and I have ~17,000 miles already. Plus kids have ~10,000. So the 25,000 will put my wife and I over the top.

Can you do this AND the Continental Credit Card offers? Or is it either the checking account or the credit card?

I lost the 2008 offer for a similar reason - I did it with Citi.

Hawaii, here you come, and you can do both, i have done both in the past will will do it again, but will do the credit card offer after april 1.

Alright, keep getting the runaround on the phone and using the secure message center. Chase says they don't have the ability to link a OnePass account to a debit card from their system, Continental Says that Chase has to do it. Additionally Chase claims unable to verify the tracking numbers that they provided me with when I signed up for the account. Same goes for OnePass. Am I getting terrible luck with CSRs here?

Question - when you guys have your bonus miles post, will they be visible on the "show rewards" screen?

http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/3...warddetail.jpg

This is what I see when I "show rewards" linked to the card.

Timeline: Account opened Mar 1, 2010, first qualifying transaction Mar 10. I recognize that there may not have been enough time for the bonus to post, but at the very least those 25 miles should be in a onepass account somewhere, right? I'd just love to know where that is.

so you don't have a onepass account associated with your continental debit?

well you can call this number 877-292-4273. They will ask your debit card number and from there they can associate it with your account..

Yellolambo: The miles...even for the spend...usually don't post until after the close of the monthly statement.

I opened my personal $25 checking last week. If I now also open a Business account with the $65 fee will I certainly be able to get another 25,000 to make it a total of 50k miles? On a different note, I just got my 35k miles from my Chase Continental credit card this month.

Welcome to FT!
85,000 for $90, good first post

I printed out the "coupon" to go the the local branch. On it it says:

2. Open a Chase Checking account, set up direct deposit AND make a qualifying purchase with your Chase Continental Airlines Preferred Debit Card.

Do I have to do both setup direct deposit AND use the card, but below it says either or? Which is it?

FWIW, I opened business and personal accounts at the local branch in mid December 2009. All 50,000 from those two posted with no problems. Mid January I opened another personal account on-line. I received the two letters in the mail acknowledging the promotion with official looking "tracking numbers" for the miles. Made all my purchases and dotted my i's and crossed my t's following the rules. As of now, no 10,000 deposit or 12,500 deposit from Chase. The 2,500 from Continental did post, as did the miles from the purchases so I know it is linked to my Onepass account correctly. I called them Tuesday and they didn't have an explanation. The lady on the phone sounded really skeptical as she questioned me, "wait a minute,,,,,,, you have how many accounts????" but she promised to initiate an investigation and get back to me in 4-6 business days.

Anyway, I will report back the results of the investigation.

In the mean time I guess I am still going to risk opening my 2010 business account at a branch this weekend since it is not clear the promotion will be extended. I figure I should have a little better standing with Chase on the business account since I have actually run a thousand or so dollars through the one I already have on Dell Business purchases in the last couple of months (4 for $1 miles). So it actually shows some modest business type activity whereas the personal accounts only show a few Wendy's 99¢ Double Stacks and $1 gas purchases.

Same story for me. 2500 but no 22500. What number did you call?

I have a feeling, this is the end of the program. Usually in years past, they have issued a new coupon just before the expiry of the existing.

No read the fine print. It specifies that you don't have to set up DD. It also specifies that you don't have to get the Preferred card.

OK, Just wanted to make sure I wasn't seeing things. I'll head either tomorrow or Monday. I'll send the wife in on Tuesday (or could I do both at the same time, I'm thinking she needs to sign stuff right?). Now only if my kids were older....

Just send them an email from your online account asking them to open a research inquiry into why you have not received the miles. I did that, and 2 weeks later the bonus posted ( after it not appearing for three months ).