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Chase $300-$400 ($900 With Savings)

Targeted: Chase is offering a checking & savings bonus: $300 checking bonus, $200 savings bonus. Additional $400 bonus if you do both for $900 total

Offer at a glance

Maximum bonus$900
AvailabilityNationwide
RequirementDirect deposit required, no minimum
Account typeSavings
Annual feeNone listed
Difficultymedium
ExpirationNo stated expiry
Community activity1 reports today

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What the community is seeing

Offer roundup

Chase $500-$750 Business Checking Bonus

Offer roundup

Chase $300-$400 ($900 With Savings)

Offer roundup

Chase $500-$750 Business Checking Bonus

Update 10/2/26: Extended to 01/27/2027

Update 7/14/26: Extended through 10/14/26

Update 4/3/26: Extended through 7/15/26. There is also a $900 straight checking bonus (does require the same deposits though)

Update 1/11/26: Extended through 04/15/2026. There is also a $400 checking bonus that is better if you can’t also do the savings bonus on this page. 

Offer at a glance

  • Maximum bonus amount: $900
  • Availability: Nationwide, online or in-branch
  •  Direct deposit required: Yes, no minimum. Click here to view what triggers this bonus.
  • Additional requirements: None for checking; $15,000 balance for savings
  • Hard/soft pull: Soft
  • ChexSystems: Doesn’t pull
  • Credit card funding: Can fund up to $50 with a debit card online (prepaids do not work). Cannot fund with debit or credit in branch.
  • Monthly fees: $12, waivable
  • Early account termination fee: Bonus taken back if closed within six months None
  • Household limit: None listed
  • Expiration date: April 19, 2023 January 24, 2024 April 17, 2024 July 16, 2025 October 14, 2026

The Offer

Direct link to offer (incognito)

  • Chase is offering a checking & savings bonus worth up to $900. Bonus is as follows:
    • Receive a bonus of $300 when you open a Chase Total checking account and have a direct deposit post to the account within 90 days.
    • Receive a bonus of $200 when you open a Chase savings account and deposit $15,000 or more in new money within 30 days and and maintain a $15,000 balance for 90 days from offer enrollment
    • Receive an extra $400 bonus when you complete both of the above bonuses.

The Fine Print

  • Checking offer is not available to existing Chase checking customers. Savings offer is not available to existing Chase savings customers. Both offers are not available to those whose accounts have been closed within 90 days or closed with a negative balance within the last 3 years.
  • You can receive only one new checking and one new savings account opening related bonus every two years from the last coupon enrollment date and only one bonus per account. Coupon is good for one-time use.
  • To receive the checking bonus: 1) Open a new Chase Total Checking account, which is subject to approval; AND 2) Have your direct deposit made to this account within 90 days of coupon enrollment. Your direct deposit needs to be an electronic deposit of your paycheck, pension or government benefits (such as Social Security) from your employer or the government. Person to Person payments (such as Zelle®) are not considered a direct deposit. (Micro-deposits do not qualify as a direct deposit for the bonus. Micro-deposits are small deposits, typically less than $1, that are sent to your account to verify it is the correct account.)
  • After you have completed all the above checking requirements, we’ll deposit the bonus in your new account within 15 days. To receive the savings bonus: 1) Open a new Chase SavingsSM account, which is subject to approval; 2) Deposit a total of $15,000 or more in new money into the new savings account within 30 days of coupon enrollment; AND 3) Maintain at least a $15,000 balance for 90 days from the coupon enrollment. The new money cannot be funds held by you at Chase or its affiliates.
  • After you have completed all the above savings requirements, we’ll deposit the bonus in your new account within 15 days.
  • To receive the extra bonus: You must open the checking and savings account at the same time and complete all requirements above for BOTH the checking bonus and savings bonus. After you have completed all requirements, we will deposit the remaining bonus due in your new account within 15 days.
  • To receive any of the above bonuses, the enrolled account must not be closed or restricted at the time of payout. Eligibility may be limited based on account ownership. The Annual Percentage Yield (APY) for Chase SavingsSM, effective as of 12/29/2022, is 0.01% for all balances in all states. Interest rates are variable and subject to change. Additionally, fees may reduce earnings on the account.
  • Bonuses are considered interest and will be reported on IRS Form 1099-INT (or Form 1042-S, if applicable).

Avoiding Fees

Savings Account

The Chase Savings Account comes with a monthly service fee of $5. Monthly fee is waived with any ONE of the following:

  • Keep a minimum daily balance of $300 or more
  • Have at least one repeating automatic transfer from your Chase checking account of $25 or more; one time transfers do not qualify
  • Have a linked Chase Premier Plus Checking, Chase Premier Platinum Checking, or Chase Private Client Checking account

New accounts will not be charged a Monthly Service Fee for at least the first two statement periods.

Checking Account

The Chase Total Checking account comes with a monthly service fee of $10-$12 which is waived if complete any of the following:

  • Have monthly direct deposits totaling $500 or more
  • Keep a minimum daily balance of $1,500 or more in the checking account
  • Keep an average daily balance of $5,000 or more in any combination of qualifying Chase checking, savings and other balances

New accounts will not be charged a Monthly Service Fee for at least the first two statement periods.

Early Account Termination Fee

There used to be an six-month period where you would lose the bonus if closed out, but sometime in 2022 (?) they removed that clause and so it’s now safe to close after you receive the bonus paid out.

Our Verdict

This is the best public bonus we’ve seen on this account, really excellent offer and much better than the prior $600 offer.

Those who have done a Chase bonus before can do it again after 24 months. Look for the opening date of when you opened your last checking/savings accounts (not the bonus date), then wait 24 months before opening the new account. That will make you eligible for the new bonus.

Be sure to have the $15,000 sent directly to the Chase savings account. If you send it to the checking and then transfer it over to the savings, I don’t know if you’ll earn the savings bonuses. (Update: there are reports on both sides of this. Report link | Counter-report link)

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F.A.Q’s

How long do I need to hold funds for the saving bonus?

The offer itself says you need to deposit funds within 30 days and then maintain a $15,000 balance for 90 days from offer enrollment. In practice (based on the bonus tracker and bonuses paying out) you need to deposit funds within 30 days of account opening and then maintain $15,000+ from day 30 until day 90. 

What is the minimum direct deposit required?

There is no minimum as mentioned in the terms, but do at least $1 to be safe. Keep in mind this is only for this bonus, other Chase checking bonuses do have minimum direct deposits required. 

How long does it take for the tracker to update?

It usually takes two business days for the tracker to update if your direct deposit was succesful

My direct deposit coded as ‘XXX’ did it work?

You can try using the comments search function to see if that has worked before, or just wait a few days to see if the tracker updates. 

I want to churn (get the bonus for a second or more time) this account, how long do I need to wait?

The terms state the following:

‘You can receive only one new checking and one new savings account opening related bonus every two years from the last coupon enrollment date and only one bonus per account’

You can do it two years and one day after the last coupon enrollment date, no need to wait until the following month like you do for credit cards (this is a quirk of credit card reporting). 

Community notes

8,604 reports & comments

Newest-first by default, because “is it still working?” matters most.

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H.P.#2431682

We usually keep our Chase checking accounts for 6 months from opening before closing. We don’t want to “burn the bridge” with Chase because their bonuses are pretty good. We’ve been doing Chase bonuses every 2 years since 2019.

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Hoverboard#2427741

Thank you for the clarification!

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KE#2426659

Your mistake is using plaid. You’re literally giving your credentials to a 3rd party, and allowing them to continually harvest your transaction data.

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FTForever#2426399

” You can receive only one new checking and one new savings account opening related bonus every two years from the last coupon enrollment date ” Oh shucks.

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Snook on the line#2426323

Don’t bang your head against the wall trying and trying just accept that, for whatever reason, it won’t link move on (real dd , cap1 biz , relay ect) trying too many times might lock your Fidelity account search the comments, there are many options for a DD that works

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Snook on the line#2426314

linking the account as ‘someone else’ changes something behind the scenes about the way it is sent doesn’t matter that it’s the same name on both accounts

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Snook on the line#2426313

My calendar says I opened 7 accounts in the three weeks before opening my Chase checking four of them pulled EWS go for it

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An#2426305

These are the two solutions I’ve seen: https://www.doctorofcredit.com/targeted-chase-900-checking-savings-bonus/#comment-2077808 https://www.doctorofcredit.com/il-wi-mn-in-az-fl-ks-mo-bmo-harris-350-checking-300-savings-bonus/#comment-2236315

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RM#2422108

Yurieuri No, the $900 does not stack with referral.

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Chad#2416981

I’m seeing plenty of data points of people who have churned this account successfully every few years, but I’m wondering whether anyone has had problems with Chase from doing this? I have a lot of Chase Ultimate Rewards points with my Chase credit cards so I wouldn’t want them to be jeopardized over this. Although, it seems pretty clear that churning every 2 years is within the rules, so hopefully even if they did drop you as a customer, you would have the chance to get your points out first.

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Gadget 🕵️‍♂️ Bank Bonus Geek 🔗#2416303

It’s the date it shows in online banking/statement that matters. So, if you deposit a check after-hours on a weekend, the date will likely be the next business day. Other than those instances, it should show the date of deposit as the date. The other date commonly quoted is for funds availability, which doesn’t matter when bonus mining savings bonus offers. The funds are stuck there to earn the bonus anyway. New Cathy

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James#2415924

Oof good catch. I’m so used to there being no FAQ or the post being outdated so I managed to overlook that lol.

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An#2415888

https://www.doctorofcredit.com/targeted-chase-900-checking-savings-bonus/#What_is_the_minimum_direct_deposit_required

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New Cathy#2415819

I did a $20 real DD and worked.

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Tom MacDonald#2415813

I sent an ACH push from my Fidelity cash mngmt acct to my mom’s chase account and she got the bonus!

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James#2415804

Excellent, thank you sir. How’d you trigger it? Biz account push?

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Tom MacDonald#2415803

that’s right, I did $100 and it worked

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James#2415801

Just a sanity check – there is no minimum on the DD requirement on checking portion for the $900 offer?

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New Cathy#2415068

It is the day you deposit the check, not the day the check cleared?

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An#2411918

You can use the comment search feature to find comments here addressing those questions.

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Matt J#2411508

I forgot to update my spreadsheet when I last did this. In searching my email, I see an email from Chase on 12/20/2024 confirming I earned my $300 checking bonus and again on 2/27/2025 confirming I earned my $200 + $400 savings bonus. I got a “Congrats! Welcome to your new account” email on 11/22/2024 with “ You’re going to love the great convenience of your Chase Total Checking ® account and Chase Savings℠ account.”. So it sounds like I’ll be eligible for this again on 11/23/2024 safely?

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Count de Monet#2407394

In the past, I recall that when doing the $15k savings deposit, it had to be either pulled into Chase, or pushed from another bank and if done incorrectly Chase might lock the account. Is this still the case? If so, which method is preferred?

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William Charles#2405798

Thanks, added. Let me know if you see any others

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Clevermint404#2405099

The only account I ever closed recently was Citi in 2024 bc they change the terms to charge $15 in monthly fee unless you have 30k in the account.

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Ben#2403025

FID BKG SVC LLC ACH XXXXXXXXX YYYYY WEB ID: ZZZZZZZZZZ As you can see above, the one that works is coded as “ACH”. For full disclosure, the one that did NOT work was coded as “MONEYLINE”.

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Dan#2401654

Friday 8/28 Transferred $1K from Fidelity CMA to Chase checking, arrived same day. Monday 8/31 Tracker shows $300 bonus earned. Took 4 days for Chase to be added to Fidelity as “someone else.” Used my name just as it appears in Fidelity. Actually switched my real DD before trying Fidelity so I’d qualify anyway. I’m kicking myself because I hadn’t done a Chase bonus since 2020! What was I thinking?!

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An#2400027

MadGrad Maybe just helpful in determining what counts for electronic deposits…

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