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Travel Toward Retirement 

You’ve worked hard all your life – it’s time to reward yourself! The First Class Club rewards members with great travel programs, special rates on interest-bearing accounts, and free services reserved only for Club members!

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Eligibility Requirements

  • Age 55+ and currently have, or be willing to open, a First Class Club Checking account
  • Maintain a $10,000 balance2 in Certificates of Deposit, or maintain $1,000 combined balance in checking and/or savings accounts
  • Minimum deposit of $100 to open
  • For those months you do not meet at least one of the two minimum balance requirements listed above, your First Class Club Checking account will be billed a $10 service charge


Upcoming Trips & Events

For more information about these trips, please contact the relevant First Class Club Coordinator. Transportation to other locations’ trips will not be provided. If 20 or more people from one location want to travel to another location, then transportation will be considered.

Brookings
Becky Schmeling, 605.696.2285 or rebecca.schmeling@bankeasy.com

East Bethel
Diane Evenson, 763.746.8919 or diane.evenson@bankeasy.com

Garretson
Heather Jacobson, 605.594.3423 or heather.jacobson@bankeasy.com

Milbank
Val Zemlicka, 605.432.5111 or valerie.zemlicka@bankeasy.com
Amber Wellnitz, 605.432.5111 or amber.wellnitz@bankeasy.com 

April 17

Bingo at the Milbank Speedway
Organized by Milbank, SD
Cost: $35/person
Includes a light meal and 12 bingo games with 3 cards for each game. 
RSVP by April 1
 

April 18 - 29

Italy & Greece
Organized by Brookings, SD
Deposit: $200 per person
Cost: $5,473 (single), $5,019 (double), $4,909 (triple)
We’ll visit Rome, Florence, Mestre, Venice, Ancona, Igoumenitsa, Meteora, Kalambaka, Delphi, and Athens. Includes: 9 nights’ accommodation, 14 meals, round-trip air from Sioux Falls, and round-trip transportation from Brookings.
Final payment is due January 19, 2024.
TWO SPOTS ARE AVAILABLE.

May 8

Beautiful: The Carole King Musical Chanhassen Dinner Theater
Organized by East Bethel, MN
Cost: $120
Includes bus fare and driver gratuity, show ticket, and lunch.
RSVP by April 4
 

May 23

‘Til Beth Do Us Part at DayTrippers Dinner Theatre
Organized by Milbank, SD
Cost: $105
Includes bus fare to Plymouth, MN, and driver gratuity, show ticket, lunch, snacks, and water.
RSVP by April 1

June 15

Nunsense Musical at The Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center
Organized by Milbank, SD
Cost: $85; Includes bus fare to/from Brookings, driver gratuity, show ticket, lunch, snacks and water.
RSVP by April 5

June 20

Minnesota Twins Game
Organized by Brookings, SD
Cost: $200; Includes transportation, driver gratuity, game ticket in the Delta Sky 360 Club, and $20 meal credit. (The price has changed from last year due to premium seating.)
RSVP by May 20
Final payment due May 28
July 10
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical Chanhassen Dinner Theater
Organized by Milbank, SD
Cost: $125
Includes bus fare and driver gratuity, show ticket, and dinner.
RSVP by June 3
August 4
Minnesota Twins Game
Organized by Garretson, SD
Cost: $100/person
Includes transportation, game ticket, and unlimited food. Seating will be in Legend’s Landing.
RSVP by June 15
 

August 15

Mystery Trip to Wisconsin
Organized by Milbank, SD
Cost: $156
Includes bus fare and driver gratuity, breakfast, lunch, dinner and gratuity for all meals, snacks, water, and destination entry fee.
RSVP by June 20
 
August 19 - 23
Mackinac Island, Michigan
Organized by Garretson, SD
Deposit: $250 per person
Cost: $1,389
RSVP by May 19
Date TBD
Canadian Rockies & Glacier National Park
Organized by Brookings, SD
More details to come.

September 25–October 1

The Cowboy Way, Black Hills & Wyoming
Organized by Milbank, SD
Cost: $2,115 (double), $2,930 (single)
Experience South Dakota’s Mount Rushmore, Crazy Horse, Needles Highway, and Buffalo Roundup. Enjoy Wyoming’s Old Faithful and Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone! Cost includes bus fare, 6 nights’ hotel, 11 meals, admission to attractions, and gratuities.
RSVP by June 14


September 27–October 7

New England Fall Foliage Tour
Organized by Garretson, SD
Deposit: $200 per person
Cost: $4,649 (single), $3,699 (double), $3,289 (triple)
Cost includes air fare, 22 meals, admissions, gratuities, tour guides.
RSVP by June 20

November 3-8

Christmas in Branson
Organized by Milbank, SD
 

November 20

Irving Berlin’s White Christmas The Musical
Organized by Milbank, SD
Cost: $130; Includes bus fare and driver gratuity, show ticket, and lunch.
RSVP by September 13

June 11 – 22, 2025

11-Day Denali Explorer Tour
Organized by Garretson, SD

June 16 – 26, 2025

Best of Scandinavia
Organized by Brookings, SD
Cost: $6,999 (double), $8,199 (single)
Deposit: $500 per person, accepted starting March 20.
Trip highlights include Stockholm Cathedral, Bergs Slussar, Hamlets Castle, and Oslo Bergan Railway. Formal itinerary was mailed to those interested. Contact Becky if you would like the itinerary.














































1The owner of the ATM may charge an additional fee except at all MoneyPass® locations.
2The balance we use is average daily balance. The average daily balance is calculated by adding the principal in the account for each day of the statement cycle and dividing that figure by the number of days in the statement cycle.