Lazy Planet

Chase has a great deal - $125 signup bonus when you open a new free checking account with them online or at a branch. Even better, if you know someone who can refer you - you can get an extra $25 on top of that.

To see the offer you need to be logged into a chase account.

As usual, there are things you should know:

1. You need $100 to open this account
2. Valid From 1/1/08 - 5/31/08
3. The first deposit must be within 60 days of your account opening
4. You can expect the $125 bonus within 60 days (faster than our Bank Of America payment then!)
5. You have to keep the account open for 6 months
6. It’s free as long as you keep a direct deposit going in there every month - otherwise expect to pay $8 monthly

When you open the account make sure you cancel the checks they will want to send you - it costs $23 to send them out….

For anyone hunting for a new bank account, Bank Of America are offering a mouth watering $75 for new customers who sign up here, before April 30th 2008.

They say - To receive your $75, apply online or go to your nearest banking center. Use offer code AOU260208.

You can do this online, or in one of the many Bank Of America branches.

Note: Be patient with Bank Of America over this… we signed up with an account a year and a half ago for the $50 bonus… it took over a year for the money to go into our account as they couldn’t find the offer code we gave at the time. So - when you apply, ensure you keep a note of this offer code and MAKE SURE the bank teller (if you do it in a branch) correctly enters your offer code…I was told if the bank teller doesn’t enter the code, you will not get the money even if the offer was running at the time.