Opening a Sun Trust Account - Info for those thinking about it - Page 5 - The DIS Discussion Forums

cheryl.UK · 08-21-2010, 01:54 PM

We tried this year but they insisted on utility bills or bank statements. We had our passports, driving liscences and various recent correspondence such as our e tickets, car vouchers and insurance docs, all of which had our address on but they still wouldn't let us.

Brandis · 08-21-2010, 02:03 PM

That's really strange! I opened my account at the big branch in Downtown Disney last May. All he needed was my Passport and possibly my drivers license, although neither of them contains my home adress. That I just wrote down on a piece of paper.

I opened a free checking account with a free Visa debit card. He said the minimum initial deposit is $100, but now minimum transactions after that.

I'm planning on trying the car banking next time I'm there to get rid of the last dollars before heading to the airport.

cheryl.UK · 08-21-2010, 02:26 PM

We didn't even get past the man at the front desk. Seems like we should have tried when he wasn't on duty

Brandis · 08-21-2010, 03:27 PM

Front Desk? I walked in, went to the counter and was told to take a seat, someone would get me. Then a guy led me to his desk and I told him that I wanted to open an account as a foreigner. From there, it took about half an hour until we were done.

skelfbsfb · 08-25-2010, 01:36 PM

Its been reported on other websites that suntrust will now be charging people if the do not have $1000 in the account. Not received anything offical yet. Hope fully they dont as i only wanted it to pay my dues on a monthly basis.

Brandis · 08-25-2010, 01:43 PM

It probably depends on which type of account you have.

https://www.suntrust.com/portal/serv...e_checking/442

For the "Free Checking Account" it clearly says on the suntrust website:

"No minimum balance requirement or monthly maintenance fee"

skelfbsfb · 08-25-2010, 01:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brandis

It probably depends on which type of account you have.

https://www.suntrust.com/portal/serv...e_checking/442

For the "Free Checking Account" it clearly says on the suntrust website:

"No minimum balance requirement or monthly maintenance fee"

Brandis that is the account I have so hopefully we may escape the charge.

Brandis · 08-25-2010, 01:57 PM

I was just surfing around the SunTrust site for a bit and looked at the "Reorder Check" link when I found this:

https://www.deluxe-check-order.com/disney.jsp

Isn't that cool? I would choose "Mickey and Pals" but the "Villains" series would go very well together with Disney Dollars, don't you think?

Unfortunately, it seems that it's not possible to order them from outside the US :-( I'l have to check with Suntrust next time I'm there.

skelfbsfb · 08-25-2010, 02:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brandis

I was just surfing around the SunTrust site for a bit and looked at the "Reorder Check" link when I found this:

https://www.deluxe-check-order.com/disney.jsp

Isn't that cool? I would choose "Mickey and Pals" but the "Villains" series would go very well together with Disney Dollars, don't you think?

Unfortunately, it seems that it's not possible to order them from outside the US :-( I'l have to check with Suntrust next time I'm there.

It would be great to have one of these check books.

wen-tom · 09-20-2010, 03:08 PM

We returned to the UK on Friday and opened a Suntrust account on wednesday.
We had no trouble at all. went to the counter and the lady there said to take a seat. within a second of sitting down we were called over and all sorted within 30 mins!

Nothing was mentioned about fee's or minumum balances - as long as you have the free checking account you should be safe

dbriggsq · 09-22-2010, 02:28 PM

Something to be aware of.

We've had a Suntrust account for a few years and in the early days they would charge us $5 a month for sending a paper statement (we hadn't requested one). It took a few phone calls to get them to stop sending these statements and stop charging us for them.

wen-tom · 09-22-2010, 03:14 PM

the lady who opened our account told us to disable the paper statements online as soon as we had access to avoid the possibility of charges.

It's an option on the right of the page which says 'turn off paper statements'.

dbriggsq · 09-22-2010, 03:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wen-tom

the lady who opened our account told us to disable the paper statements online as soon as we had access to avoid the possibility of charges.

It's an option on the right of the page which says 'turn off paper statements'.

Yes - but we had to do that a couple of times before it seemed to become effective.

If you do incur any charges if you ring or email them they should refund the charge.

wen-tom · 09-22-2010, 04:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dbriggsq

Yes - but we had to do that a couple of times before it seemed to become effective.

If you do incur any charges if you ring or email them they should refund the charge.

good to know thanks

i'll make sure we are not charged.

bibbidibobbidiboo07 · 02-08-2011, 10:35 AM

Just a query but how do you put money into your sun trust accoutns from the uk? Are there any fees for doing this?

08-21-2010, 01:54 PM	#61
cheryl.UK DIS Veteran Join Date: Aug 1999 Location: Sheffield, England Posts: 553	We tried this year but they insisted on utility bills or bank statements. We had our passports, driving liscences and various recent correspondence such as our e tickets, car vouchers and insurance docs, all of which had our address on but they still wouldn't let us. __________________ 95 I Drive, 95/96 DLP Sequoia Lodge, 96 All Star Sports, 99/00 Courtyard by Marriott, 2001 Villa, 2001 DLP Hotel New York, 2003 One Big Blow Out! 5 weeks of Disney and a drive up to New Orleans , 2005 Wyndham Palace Hotel and Spa , 2005 DLP Sequoia Lodge, ,2006 Hong Kong Disney , 2006 Buena Vista Palace and Poly 2009 SSR, Key West, Miami, Royal Pacific Resort, Polynesian, 2010 SSR, RPR, BLT and the Poly!!!! 2012 SSR,RP, Miami, GF and BLT

08-21-2010, 02:26 PM	#63
cheryl.UK DIS Veteran Join Date: Aug 1999 Location: Sheffield, England Posts: 553	We didn't even get past the man at the front desk. Seems like we should have tried when he wasn't on duty __________________ 95 I Drive, 95/96 DLP Sequoia Lodge, 96 All Star Sports, 99/00 Courtyard by Marriott, 2001 Villa, 2001 DLP Hotel New York, 2003 One Big Blow Out! 5 weeks of Disney and a drive up to New Orleans , 2005 Wyndham Palace Hotel and Spa , 2005 DLP Sequoia Lodge, ,2006 Hong Kong Disney , 2006 Buena Vista Palace and Poly 2009 SSR, Key West, Miami, Royal Pacific Resort, Polynesian, 2010 SSR, RPR, BLT and the Poly!!!! 2012 SSR,RP, Miami, GF and BLT

08-25-2010, 01:36 PM	#65
skelfbsfb DIS Veteran Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Scotland Posts: 1,365	Its been reported on other websites that suntrust will now be charging people if the do not have $1000 in the account. Not received anything offical yet. Hope fully they dont as i only wanted it to pay my dues on a monthly basis. __________________ DVC Member 2007 OKW DVC Member 2010 BWV 2003:Quality Inn Plaza 2004:Howard Johnston 2005:Sheraton 2006:Port Orleans Riverside 2007:Animal Kingdom Lodge 2008:BWV & OKW 2009:BWV & Vero Beach, RPH 2010:VILLA & HRH & BWV 2011:BWV & Vero Beach & HRH 2012:Vero Beach & OKW & BWV & HRH Mortgage free 2015:

09-20-2010, 03:08 PM	#70
wen-tom spit spot! Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Hull-UK Posts: 1,050	We returned to the UK on Friday and opened a Suntrust account on wednesday. We had no trouble at all. went to the counter and the lady there said to take a seat. within a second of sitting down we were called over and all sorted within 30 mins! Nothing was mentioned about fee's or minumum balances - as long as you have the free checking account you should be safe __________________

09-22-2010, 03:14 PM	#72
wen-tom spit spot! Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Hull-UK Posts: 1,050	the lady who opened our account told us to disable the paper statements online as soon as we had access to avoid the possibility of charges. It's an option on the right of the page which says 'turn off paper statements'. __________________

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08-21-2010, 02:03 PM	#62
Brandis DIS Veteran Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Zurich, Switzerland Posts: 1,357	That's really strange! I opened my account at the big branch in Downtown Disney last May. All he needed was my Passport and possibly my drivers license, although neither of them contains my home adress. That I just wrote down on a piece of paper. I opened a free checking account with a free Visa debit card. He said the minimum initial deposit is $100, but now minimum transactions after that. I'm planning on trying the car banking next time I'm there to get rid of the last dollars before heading to the airport.

08-21-2010, 03:27 PM	#64
Brandis DIS Veteran Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Zurich, Switzerland Posts: 1,357	Front Desk? I walked in, went to the counter and was told to take a seat, someone would get me. Then a guy led me to his desk and I told him that I wanted to open an account as a foreigner. From there, it took about half an hour until we were done.

08-25-2010, 01:43 PM	#66
Brandis DIS Veteran Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Zurich, Switzerland Posts: 1,357	It probably depends on which type of account you have. https://www.suntrust.com/portal/serv...e_checking/442 For the "Free Checking Account" it clearly says on the suntrust website: "No minimum balance requirement or monthly maintenance fee"

08-25-2010, 01:57 PM	#68
Brandis DIS Veteran Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Zurich, Switzerland Posts: 1,357	I was just surfing around the SunTrust site for a bit and looked at the "Reorder Check" link when I found this: https://www.deluxe-check-order.com/disney.jsp Isn't that cool? I would choose "Mickey and Pals" but the "Villains" series would go very well together with Disney Dollars, don't you think? Unfortunately, it seems that it's not possible to order them from outside the US :-( I'l have to check with Suntrust next time I'm there.

09-22-2010, 02:28 PM	#71
dbriggsq Mouseketeer Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 442 Paid DVC Rent/Trade Gold Membership	Something to be aware of. We've had a Suntrust account for a few years and in the early days they would charge us $5 a month for sending a paper statement (we hadn't requested one). It took a few phone calls to get them to stop sending these statements and stop charging us for them.

02-08-2011, 10:35 AM	#75
bibbidibobbidiboo07 Mouseketeer Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: County Durham, UK Posts: 245	Just a query but how do you put money into your sun trust accoutns from the uk? Are there any fees for doing this?

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