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@ptatohed wrote:
@IcyCool7227 wrote:There is now another debit card I just discovered the other day that offers 10% cashback with the same amount of 12 transactions required but with any amount of ACH or DD and the max is even more at $250 earning $25 a month! It is called Air Academy Credit Union out of the CO Springs area. Anyone military can join it or living in the state. If OOS then there are a few organizations you can pay to join but the checking account balance of $250 is only for Colorado residents. Seems like it came out last year or the year before.
It is Chex sensitive, however. I currently don't qualify for it as I'd have to wait until November 19th since I have plans to open up another checking account in the next several weeks or so at a local bank for its bonus and long term 7.5% APY rate. You can't have more than 3 Chex inquiries in a year with Air Academy, which probably includes the one that they add to.
Link to the 10% card? Link to this 7.5% checking?
Somebody earlier already linked the Air Academy CU. The 7.5% APY up to $500 is also geolocked to southeastern WI unless you are related to a member. It is called PyraMax bank w/ either their MaxInterest or Hero Checking accounts. It will charge a $14.99 fee unlesss there are $250 direct deposits made monthly (not sure if ACH qualifies).
https://pyramaxbank.com/maxinterest-checking-account.html
Did anybody try Amex Checking account to see whether it would align to this topic (PP bill pay to pay for other credit cards and earn MR point)?
The Amex checking gives only 0.5 MR per 1$, but there is no cap.
I do prefer a cashback debit card with a large cap or no cap. While there is no large difference between 0.5% and 1%. If somebody redeems the MR points for travel, the value would get higher. The MR points can get pooled across multiple Amex cards (Plat, Gold, BBP, etc).
Haven't tried them yet, waiting for a new account SUB, Axos, has a debit card that pays 1%. But the limit is capped at 2k per month reward, thus $200,000 in purchases. LOL
I have not seen SUB on Amex personal checking for more than 2 years (sometimes, they send targetted offers).
Bayport CU gives 3% CB on debit card purchases, requiring 15 debit card purchases per month and one ACH per month (no limit). It is geofenced in VA.
Does praying via Zoom work? If I find a church of the flying spaghetti monster there, I may attend
@xenon3030 wrote:Bayport CU gives 3% CB on debit card purchases, requiring 15 debit card purchases per month and one ACH per month (no limit). It is geofenced in VA.
Does praying via Zoom work? If I find a church of the flying spaghetti monster there, I may attend
LOL!!! Too funny x3! I tried the whole zoom church attendance thing once (I think it was the Hawaii State FCU 2.5% card? (or was it the Merco CU 2.5% card?)) and I was told I need worship in person for it to count. Booo. lol
This is the best one that I found, without geofence (6% CB on debit up to $200/month, 15+ debit per month, one ACH per month, no fee):
https://www.mtcfederal.com/cash-back-checking/
Since the CB cap is small, it might be a good match to CCC (5% CB up to $500/month). So, the total CB can reach to 11% !!!
No need to go to church any more
@xenon3030 wrote:Bayport CU gives 3% CB on debit card purchases, requiring 15 debit card purchases per month and one ACH per month (no limit). It is geofenced in VA.
Does praying via Zoom work? If I find a church of the flying spaghetti monster there, I may attend
Thank you for that info! I must have been touched by His noodly appendages as I am in VA
Here are some more. If some people have already the cards, let's see whether they work on PP bill pay (some info might need revisit, since I gathered across several websites):
2% CB:
Unlimited 1% CB:
From DoC:
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