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Update 7/30/22: Deal is back, no end date listed.
Offer at a glance
- Maximum bonus amount: $200
- Availability: Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and North Dakota
- Direct deposit required: Yes, no minimum mentioned
- Additional requirements: See below
- Hard/soft pull: Soft pull
- ChexSystems: Unknown
- Credit card funding: None
- Monthly fees: None
- Early account termination fee: 90 days, bonus forfeit
- Household limit: None
- Expiration date: None listed
Contents
The Offer
Direct link to offer (shows on homepage)
- Frontier Bank is offering a bonus of $200 when you open a BIG DEAL® Cash or Cash Back account online and receive $200. Must complete the following requirements:
- Have a minimum of 12 debit card transactions post and settle during the monthly qualification cycle;
- Have at least 1 direct deposit or automatic payment post and settle during the monthly qualification cycle
- Receive eStatements through our online banking platform.
The Fine Print
- Must be 18 years of age or older to qualify.
- $50 minimum deposit is required to open the account and obtain the bonus.
- Qualifications1 must be met within the first 60 days of account opening.
- The bonus will be deposited into your BIG DEAL® checking account with 70 days after the new account is opened.
- The bonus is considered interest.
- If your BIG DEAL® account is closed within 90 days of account opening, Frontier Bank may deduct the account opening bonus at closing.
- Limit of 1 bonus per account per calendar year.
- Offer not valid for switching from a current Frontier Bank account to a new BIG DEAL® account.
- Offer available for a limited time.
- All regular account opening procedures apply.
- All bank account bonuses are treated as income/interest and as such you have to pay taxes on them
Avoiding Fees
Monthly Fees
This account has no monthly fees to worry about.
Early Account Termination Fee
Account needs to be kept open for 90 days or bonus will be forfeit.
Our Verdict
Nice bonus with relatively easy requirements as well. Will add this to our list of the best bank account bonuses.
Hat tip to reader JD
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This appears to be expired now, no longer showing on the homepage
Expired?
Offer no longer showing up via link or anywhere on their website that I can find.
For people that got the bonus, how long did it take to post?
I have not seen anything in my account yet. I looked at my Sept statement and I met the requirements for the Big Deal interest rate, which, as far as I can tell, are the same as the bonus. Getting worried as I opened the account in middle of August so, my 60 days are up now. I only had one statement month (Sept) to meet the requirements.
What the heck is an “automatic payment”?? Push bill pay? Pull bill pay? Something else? Need to figure this out by end of next week.
Also, I keep getting logged out and then I can’t log back in. I have to use a different browser. “For security reasons, your session has ended. Log in again.”
I tried to make a card payment by pulling from Citi. Kept failing on the Plaid connection after selecting the account to link. I did enroll in bill pay on the Frontier side. Setup a payment from the Frontier side. Hopefully that counts as an “automatic payment.”
Has this expired? Not seeing it on the bank web page
I’m not seeing it either. Assuming expired but that was particularly fast for “No end date listed”
What does “automatic payment” mean?
Whether ACH withdraw money from other bank will count?
Many thanks!
Keep the records of all the qualifications you’ve met. I had these guys last winter and they failed to answer emails and give me the bonus. I kept all records and they said they never offered the deal. I failed to keep a screenshot of their name w the offer snd I just decided it wasn’t worth a fight and closed the account. Debating on if I should do this again or if I’m able.
Received pending/review status on submission (MN)
Same. Also MN.
“Your application is being reviewed.”
Same here.
Did they pulled chex?
I got the same, then just received letter this morning saying they cannot approve the application and I will get a letter. I have to imagine it is due to # of recent account openings.
How long between application and notice? Was the initial letter email or snail mail?
Any updates? No email or anything for me.
expired
This appears to be expired.