Update 11/23/24: Deal is back, no end date listed. Hat tip to ShawntheShawn
Update 5/11/24: Deal is back until 06/20/24. Hat tip to reader Steve
Update 2/7/24: Extended until 03/31/2024
Update 1/13/24: Extended until extended until 1/31
Offer at a glance
- Maximum bonus amount: $150
- Availability: Must live, work, worship or attend school in Washington D.C. Looks like joining the ACC might also make you eligible.
- Direct deposit required: Yes, $500+
- Additional requirements: See below
- Hard/soft pull: Soft pull
- ChexSystems: Yes, sensitive
- Credit card funding: None
- Monthly fees: None
- Early account termination fee: $25, 60 days
- Household limit: None listed
- Expiration date: 12/31/2023
Contents
The Offer
- Andrews Federal Credit Union is offering a bonus of $150 when you open a new Kasasa Cash, Kasasa Cash Back, Forces, or Online Checking and complete the following requirements:
- Use promo code ANDREWS
- Make a direct deposit of $500+ and maintain that for 90 days
The Fine Print
- To receive the $150 bonus, you must (1) establish a new membership with Andrews Federal Credit Union; (2) open a new Kasasa Cash, Kasasa Cash Back, Forces, or Online Checking; (3) start a new direct deposit of $500 or more to your new checking account within sixty (60) calendar days of opening the account; and (4) maintain that direct deposit for at least ninety (90) calendar days (i.e. ninety (90) calendar days from the date of the first direct deposit to the account).
- Membership and checking account must be opened during the promotional period of 11/15/2023 and 12/31/2023.
- You must meet the terms of your new checking account type, including the direct deposit requirement, in order to be eligible for the $150 bonus.
- Qualifying direct deposits include recurring electronic deposits of payroll, pension, or Social Security. Person-to-person, bank transfers or other electronic money transfers, such as those made through internet payment services, do not qualify. No minimum balance required to open a new Kasasa Cash, Kasasa Cash Back, Forces, or Online Checking account; the minimum balance to maintain each checking account type may vary, visit the individual product pages linked above for full account details.
- The $150 will be credited to the new checking account after you have met the 90 day direct deposit requirement, if all other checking account requirements are also met.
- Existing primary Andrews Federal members (i.e. memberships opened prior to 11/15/2023) are not eligible for this offer.
- Previous memberships that were closed within 180 days prior to promo are not eligible for this offer.
- Your new Andrews Federal checking account must still be open and in good standing when we seek to credit the bonus, otherwise the bonus is forfeited.
- Only one bonus will be awarded per member regardless of the number of accounts opened.
- Bonus offers are not transferable and are reportable for tax purposes.
- A $25 early account closing fee applies if the account is closed within 60 days of opening.
- All Andrews Federal checking and savings accounts are subject to Andrews Federal standard account agreements.
- Offer is subject to change at any time.
- Employees, Directors or contractors of the Credit Union, or their direct family members are not eligible for this offer.
- All bank account bonuses are treated as income/interest and as such you have to pay taxes on them
Avoiding Fees
Monthly Fees
These accounts have no monthly fees to worry about.
Early Account Termination Fee
A $25 early account closing fee applies if the account is closed within 60 days of opening
Our Verdict
Previously this was $200 with the same requirements. Still worth doing and the Kasasa Cash checking account earns 6% APY on up to $25,000. We will add this to our list of best bank account bonuses.
Useful posts regarding bank bonuses:
- A Beginners Guide To Bank Account Bonuses
- Bank Account Quick Reference Table (Spreadsheet) (very useful for sorting bonuses by different parameters)
- PSA: Don’t Call The Bank
- Introduction To ChexSystems
- Banks & Credit Unions That Are ChexSystems Inquiry Sensitive
- What Banks & Credit Unions Do/Don’t Pull ChexSystems?
- How To Use Our Direct Deposit Page For Bank Bonuses Page
- Common Bank Bonus Misconceptions + Why You Should Give Them A Go
- How Many Bank Accounts Can I Safely Open Within A Year For Bank Bonus Purposes?
- Affiliate Links & Bank Bonuses – We Won’t Be Using Them
- Complete List Of Ways To Close Bank Accounts At Each Bank
- Banks That Allow/Don’t Allow Out Of State Checking Applications
- Bank Bonus Posting Times
Anybody knows if Andrews is anal about $1 transaction made at self check out to meet the 15 debit card requirements? Thanks
Ben $1 debits are OK with Andrews; they don’t complain when I do it.
What are Andrews’ ACH push/pull limits and transfer speed?
Does anyone know if a debit card purchase is coded as “Recurring Withdrawal Debit Card”, does it count towards the 15 debit card transactions?
Drew$$ Recurring Withdrawal Debit Card does count
How do you meet 15 debit card transactions?
There’s no debit requirements.
Not for the bonus, but there is for the high APY “Kasasa Cash Checking”.
Even though I don’t do the debit transactions and just use wise payroll, I get the high APY for both P1 and P2 lol
Is that the first month you opened for the high APY or it is happening every month?. Andrews give the full 6 pct without requirements met for the first month cycle ac is opened.
Oh you’re right, it was only for the first month. December was my 2nd month and I didn’t get the 5.88% APY. Not that I’m using it for interest right now though
FWIW – Verizon/Cricket/most wireless payments via debit card is not counting as debit by Andrews and treated as bill pay. I am doing grocery store swipes.
12/8/23 Closed membership/accts
12/30/24 Instant approval with Chex frozen but credit reports unfrozen
I opened account with a immediately ChexSystems pull and account was opened next day.
if P1 opens Andrews account and uses P2 Cash App for 15 debit card transactions, will that cause Andrews or Cash App to lock up account?
Has anyone tried that before?
Not recommended. Some DoCers’ Cash App accounts were shut down, and one possible reason was that they had used a card in their P2’s name.
Applied with Chex frozen. Appears my account was approved, but still no account number. This is the message it shows on the application page:
“Thanks for setting up your account
Congratulations! Your application has been approved. We are completing the final steps to open your account. You can sign back in to this application to see your official account information, including account number and routing number.”
My initial deposit of $50 says “pending approval”. Anyone know if this means I was actually approved and I just have to wait for an account number to be assigned? Did this happen to anyone else? Or is this what it looks like before they tell you that you have to unfreeze Chex? For $150, I don’t think I want to take a Chex hit.
It’ll work, the account numbers appear in less than a day. I had the same issue
Nice, thanks.
Applied with Chex frozen, however they asked me to unfreeze Chex. Not worth the hit for me for $150 so I’ll pass.
If you apply with the address on your ID, you can get it approved while frozen. Then you can change the address in the bank portal
That’s exactly what I did
I tried applying again doing that method, They still asked me to unfreeze Chex.
That’s weird, maybe the identity verification failed somehow. My application went pending with passport but then worked with address on driver’s license
I have a question, the t&c states: “maintain that direct deposit for at least ninety (90) calendar days (i.e. ninety (90) calendar days from the date of the first direct deposit to the account”
it means I have to keep the balance of that initial DD for 90 days or I have to keep receiving DDs for 3 months? and if it’s the second, does that mean bi-weekly? monthly? of just one more in the 90 day period
TIA
Second part. Some people have positive DPs with a DD every month
Bedu,
That’s a nice short reply that answered all of Andrew TW’s questions. Some of my replies end up being long-winded. You might or might not have noticed that. 😉
Bedu,
BTW, I just noticed that your comment count is a lot lower than it was before. Does that mean that you created a new “user account” using your “main” email address?
Oh, I used a very old email address when I initially started but that email was deactivated due to inactivity. So now I’m using a backup email lol
So basically it was a backup to the backup. Hopefully, you have set up to login occasionally to prevent that account from going inactive also.
Thanks Bedu Eric 🔗