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Re: Bank Direct AAdvantage Mileage Checking Account
« Reply #120 on: June 24, 2011, 11:28:29 AM »
The point of this account was never for the bonuses.  If you email me you'll get a link within a few days for a 2K signing bonus, but the main attraction is the earning for having money in the account.
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Re: Bank Direct AAdvantage Mileage Checking Account
« Reply #121 on: June 24, 2011, 11:54:50 AM »
The point of this account was never for the bonuses.  If you email me you'll get a link within a few days for a 2K signing bonus, but the main attraction is the earning for having money in the account.
Im aware, however, I dont currently use mileage for travelling purposes and as such I dont care to keep them; I would sell them. Now to sell you need a substantial amount and without it my miles are in essence worth nothing (nothing meaning cash at approx 1.4) so I am in doubt if I should or shouldnt get involved.
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Re: Bank Direct AAdvantage Mileage Checking Account
« Reply #122 on: June 24, 2011, 11:56:46 AM »
You don't see yourself ever traveling in the future?

You don't have AA miles from their cc offers?
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Re: Bank Direct AAdvantage Mileage Checking Account
« Reply #123 on: June 24, 2011, 12:03:19 PM »
You don't see yourself ever traveling in the future?

You don't have AA miles from their cc offers?
I currently have, but I liquidate rather quickly; I dont have patience sometimes  ::)
and Id love to travel but it hasnt happened for quite some time and doesnt seem to be happening for a long while, so keeping miles/points doesnt excite me so much...Ill get new cards when I need some.
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Re: Bank Direct AAdvantage Mileage Checking Account
« Reply #124 on: June 24, 2011, 01:30:09 PM »
Dan, I emailed you a few weeks ago for the referral link i have not received an email   with the link can u send it today Ill resend it today

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Re: BankDirect AAmiles
« Reply #125 on: July 08, 2011, 01:35:43 AM »
They are 1 per $10 per month.

i just got my first months aa miles after my initial deposit and it seems like it was 100 miles per $1000 not 1 per $10
lets say i deposited $8000. after making one bill pay of $5 it only gave me 700 miles

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Re: Bank Direct AAdvantage Mileage Checking Account
« Reply #126 on: July 08, 2011, 01:52:59 AM »
i just got my first months aa miles after my initial deposit and it seems like it was 100 miles per $1000 not 1 per $10
lets say i deposited $8000. after making one bill pay of $5 it only gave me 700 miles

also, did anybody get the 5,000 bonus points by having 12 charges on the card consisting of a few cents of gas each?
is it worth setting up 3 billpays a month to get 5000 miles at the end of the year? i guess i can pay 3 credit cards $5 each.

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Re: BankDirect AAmiles
« Reply #127 on: July 08, 2011, 09:34:31 AM »
i just got my first months aa miles after my initial deposit and it seems like it was 100 miles per $1000 not 1 per $10
lets say i deposited $8000. after making one bill pay of $5 it only gave me 700 miles
If you had $7,995 in the for a whole month you would have received 799 or 800 miles.  More likely is that you deposited the $8,000 a few days (maybe 3 or 4 days if my math is correct) into the month, which gave you an average daily balance of $7,000.
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Re: Bank Direct AAdvantage Mileage Checking Account
« Reply #128 on: July 08, 2011, 02:57:22 PM »
i guess it could be that bec it shows my account was started on the 6th of june (even though it took about a month to process)
i just assumed that they would start the balance of the month from the 6th bec thats when the miles posted to aa

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Re: Bank Direct AAdvantage Mileage Checking Account
« Reply #129 on: July 25, 2011, 03:13:52 PM »
so again,
can i go to a gas station and charge the visa card 5 times in a row for a few dollars each? will that count as part of 12 transactions or does it have to be diffent days,places

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Re: Bank Direct AAdvantage Mileage Checking Account
« Reply #130 on: July 25, 2011, 04:37:31 PM »
so again,
can i go to a gas station and charge the visa card 5 times in a row for a few dollars each? will that count as part of 12 transactions or does it have to be diffent days,places

thanks

Considering it's a debit card, swiping it at a gas station might hold the funds.
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Re: Bank Direct AAdvantage Mileage Checking Account
« Reply #131 on: July 27, 2011, 04:53:01 PM »
Considering it's a debit card, swiping it at a gas station might hold the funds.

how long does it hold for and how much? if i have over $2500 does it affect me negatively

can i make multiple purchases from the same store, one after the other? or will they not count that?

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Re: Bank Direct AAdvantage Mileage Checking Account
« Reply #132 on: August 01, 2011, 03:03:50 PM »
if i used my visa card on the 29th but it didnt post until the 1st or second, what month is that transaction counted as?

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Re: Bank Direct AAdvantage Mileage Checking Account
« Reply #133 on: August 05, 2011, 09:38:58 PM »
So I just read through the read and it is unclear if people are happy with this and are properly earning the most amount of miles through this account.  Can someone sum up the new terms and conditions and what one can expect if they enroll for an account?

Also, if i put in money i can only take out in increments of $1500??

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Re: Bank Direct AAdvantage Mileage Checking Account
« Reply #134 on: August 07, 2011, 12:26:25 AM »
So I just read through the read and it is unclear if people are happy with this and are properly earning the most amount of miles through this account.  Can someone sum up the new terms and conditions and what one can expect if they enroll for an account?

Also, if i put in money i can only take out in increments of $1500??

Thanks

I dunno what info you're looking for in your first question, but it's definitely legit.

It's a checking account, so you can withdraw as much as you want whenever you want (as long as those funds are in the account).
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Re: Bank Direct AAdvantage Mileage Checking Account
« Reply #135 on: August 07, 2011, 12:48:51 AM »

It's a checking account, so you can withdraw as much as you want whenever you want (as long as those funds are in the account).

So say I put in 100k, will I earn 10k AA miles a month?  And can I withdraw 100k at any given time in one shot?

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Re: Bank Direct AAdvantage Mileage Checking Account
« Reply #136 on: August 07, 2011, 12:56:04 AM »
So say I put in 100k, will I earn 10k AA miles a month?  And can I withdraw 100k at any given time in one shot?

Yes and yes (you might trigger a flag if you write 100k check out of the blue, so you might want to notify them first, but this is true of any bank.
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Re: Bank Direct AAdvantage Mileage Checking Account
« Reply #137 on: August 07, 2011, 01:28:20 AM »
So say I put in 100k, will I earn 10k AA miles a month?  And can I withdraw 100k at any given time in one shot?
Yes, not a problem.
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Re: Bank Direct AAdvantage Mileage Checking Account
« Reply #138 on: August 07, 2011, 02:28:38 AM »
Ok thanks guys.  Ill PM for a referral link then when Im ready.

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Re: Bank Direct AAdvantage Mileage Checking Account
« Reply #139 on: August 07, 2011, 10:39:11 PM »
Would anyone know if there is a business checking that would get you miles?