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The Offer
- The Upgrade account has $300 signup bonus for new customers who sign up for their Rewards Checking Plus account using a referral link and direct deposit at least $1,000 in 45 days. (see what counts here)
- The referrer gets $100.
- In the past, reports in the comments indicated that it’s possible to stack the referral bonus and the Swagbucks bonus which is currently $120. This says it’s not possible
- See this comment about other stacking discussions.
Our Verdict
Not all links are showing the $300 offer, many are. Previous offers were just $150-$200 for new member and $50 for referrer, so this deal is significantly better.
Do not post a referral link in the comments below. You can find referrals on this dedicated page. Follow instructions there carefully.
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Another DP:
P2 pushed from Schwab brokerage, scheduling 2 days ahead. Did not trigger.
Novo seems to work as DD. Received email stating "Congratulations, you’ve unlocked top tier benefits with your direct deposits totaling $1,000+ last month!1 Now you have full access to Rewards Checking Plus benefit"
Wise personal acct did not work. Showed as rtp.
Since Fidelity is not working and giving problems for meeting the $1000 DD each other, does anyone know if I set up employer DD, can I withdraw the funds after it is DD into another account and still meet the $1000 DD requirement? I know it is a PITA to do extra transfers but if that is the workaround then so be it for now.
See #1949838
Does anyone know more the 2% cash back starts the same statement period that's open when dd iis made or is is it the following period?
Same period, credited at the end of the month.
I can't login for 2 days. CSR says it's a known issue. Login is a critical functionality. Am I alone with this issue?
$1001 push from Fidelity CM worked in September and October to earn their 4.69% savings.
Same $1001 push from Fidelity CM did not work in November. Back to 1.5%.
Closing this soon.
DP
Opened account through referral 10/16
10/20 $1002 transfer posted from Schwab, did not trigger
10/22 $1001 transfer posted from Chase, did not trigger
10/24 $1009 transfer posted from Wise, immediately received email stating I met bonus
10/28 Bonus Received
Is there some reason it's better to do the referral offers over the $500 ones you see all the time on CK?
If you're talking about Upgrade Line of Credit offers, those are a different type of account than the Checking account this post is for. I think you can do both types of offers.
ACH pushes from Fidelity are not working to activate the higher cashback tier for either P2 or P3 this month.
Same here.
Yeah noticing this crap happening this month. WTF is going on now.
Upgrade is claimimg that they paid my Checking bonus to my Savings account.Wondering if anybody had the same experience with Checking bonus posting to Savings account ,,,
The bonus posts to whichever account is your oldest. @guest_1932860