How I Made $5,000 + 30,000 Amex Points by Opening Bank Accounts (And How You Can Too)

Stephen L M Heiner
18 min readMay 3, 2024
Photo by engin akyurt on Unsplash

It all started quite innocently. I was paying a credit card bill to Capital One and saw that they were offering a $350 bonus just for opening a new checking account with them and making a deposit. 48 hours after my first deposit hit my new Capital One account, they put in the $350 bonus. It was so easy. I was hooked.

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Stephen L M Heiner

Singaporean-born American in Paris. I connect, educate, and build, AMDG. Follow my adventures at www.theamericaninparis.com.