Bounty

Chase Private Client Checking bonus: is $3,000 worth it?

What it adds over what your cash earns now, tier by tier. Change the rate to yours.

−$531: you'd earn more where it is

With $150,000 for 90 days, the tier that adds the most.

With the bonus2.71%
Leave it where it is4.15%

Yearly rate on $150,000 while it's there, bonus included.

Every tier

A smaller tier often wins: less cash away from what it earns now.

  • $150,000Best for you
    $1,000 bonus · 90 days
    −$531
  • $250,000
    $2,000 bonus · 90 days
    −$552
  • $500,000
    $3,000 bonus · 90 days
    −$2,104

The math

Compared with leaving $150k at 4.15%

Bonus
+$1,000
Interest while it's there
0.01% for 3 mo
+$4
What it'd earn at home
$150,000 at 4.15% for 3 mo
−$1,535
Extra
−$531
Works out to 2.7% a year on that cash, vs 4.15% at home.

Deposit $150,000 in new money within 45 days · Keep $150,000 there until day 90. Terms checked Oct 10, 2026.

About this bonus

What it takes

  1. 1Deposit $150,000 in new money within 45 days
  2. 2Keep $150,000 there until day 90
Ends
Jan 27, 2027
Where
Nationwide
Pays while it's there
0.01% a year
Monthly fee
None
Cash stays
About 90 days
Bonus paid
Usually within 40 days of finishing
Credit check
None

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Questions

Is the Chase Private Client Checking bonus worth it?

At 4.15%, about what T-bills or a money market fund pay (as of Oct 12, 2026), the $150,000 tier adds −$531: the $1,000 bonus plus $4 interest, minus the $1,535 that cash would have earned in 90 days. The $250,000 tier adds −$552. At that rate it doesn't beat leaving the cash where it is. At a different rate the answer changes; the calculator on this page works it out for yours.

What are the requirements?

Deposit $150,000 in new money within 45 days; keep $150,000 there until day 90. Open nationwide.

When does it end?

The offer ends Jan 27, 2027. The terms were last checked Oct 10, 2026.