Wednesday, February 15, 2006

$50 from Suntrust Bank

Here's an easy way to get a $50 Visa gift card by opening up an online bank account. Bank Bonuses has a post about the SunTrust Visa Gift Card offer. SunTrust is an Atlanta-based bank that operates primarily in the south-eastern US. But if you're using it just as an online bank, then it doesn't really matter where the branches and ATMs are, does it?

SunTrust will send you a free $50 Visa gift card when you open up a checking account. The fine print says you have to do it between 13 Feb and 31 March 2006. They'll send you a redemption certificate, which has to be filled out and mailed back to them, postmarked no later than 21 April 2006. Everybody who does that, and whose account is still open and in good standing as of 31 May 2006 will receive their gift card no later than 15 July 2006. Oh, and there's a limit of one free gift card per household.

The SunTrust Free Checking Account has no minimum balance and no monthly maintenance fees. It offers unlimited check writing, a free SunTrust Visa Check Card, free online and telesphone banking, a free bill pay service, and free use of SunTrust ATMs.

Apparently, with all the online bank deals going on these days, it's not that hard to make a few thousand dollars a year just moving money around. I wonder if that'll ever catch on here in Australia? Hmmmm....