I made $500 from 3 AUs added in 2017. I am waiting for a 1099 form. I could have had two more adds in 2017.
I screwed up one opportunity with PNC when I could not remember my special telephone code when talking with them- that got me handed off to some other CSR who asked me a bunch of questions and then told me I would have to take the AU in person to a PNC bank to add them.
Later for another opportunity to add an AU, I had not noticed that my PNC card had expired and I had not received a new one. PCN told me that I could not add an AU until I had received a new card. They claim they had sent me a new card before but it had come back in the mail as undeliverable. So I had to pass up adding AU and got them to send me a new card
I just recently added an AU to PNC, not without some difficulties. I did it online on a Saturday, and it would not show I have an AU listed online. There was only a message in the PNC online message area, that my request to add AU had been submitted and a card would be sent in 7-10 days. I called PNC a few days later and they confirmed the add, but it still did not show online. Then I got the AU card in the mail after a couple of days. Then got two letters from PNC, one saying AU was added, welcome, blah blah and another letter saying AU was removed at my request (which I did not request). So I called PNC again to confirm that AU was added and asked about the conflicting letters. They said the AU removal letter was sent by mistake. Not sure if I got the AU added by the deadline, but it was real close. Will have to wait and see if it posted for the AU.
I am feeling that the PNC card is jinxed. But it has a $25K limit, so it is high paying card for me. Just added a new Barclays card that finally was 2 years old.
I am happy with the extra money and thanks to Arebelspy for provding me with opportunity and knowledge to partake in this activity. I will still have to figure out the tax reporting. I think I reached the SS income cap last year with my regular salary, so I may not need to pay self-employment tax. Will probably just report income as misc income.