Vanilla Reloads!
Feb 6, 2014, 10:56 pm
#61
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Chicago
Programs: AA, BA, CX, DL, EK, F9, GA, HA, IB, JL, KE, LH, MH, NH, OS, PG, QR, RJ, SA, TG, UA, VN, WN, ZH
Posts: 927
Feb 7, 2014, 8:42 am
#62
Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 72
Their front page only list some partners. Anyone know where to find a list like MP or RL has?
Edit: Seem I can't find RL's list. Used to be on front page. Any help there is appreciated.
Edit: Seem I can't find RL's list. Used to be on front page. Any help there is appreciated.
Feb 7, 2014, 3:48 pm
#63
Join Date: Jan 2010
Programs: AA EXP, SPG Platinum
Posts: 129
Ho ho ho, CVS update.
Went back to the first store I was initially verbally denied at and just tried to buy a VR. Different cashier, no problems getting the VR. After checking out, I asked if there was a limit to VR purchases. She thought for a moment and then vaguely recalled they may be capped at $1000- didn't seem like it was a policy that had been drilled through their heads.
I figure I'll ramp up purchases per day gradually until I hit $5k/month or so. I have the old blue amex that'll give me 5% back once I hit $6500 in spending. I've actually used this card for dollar coin purchases without issue, but I think AMEX is going to be more suspicious when handing out big rewards of $5000+/month spending at a pharmacy...if anyone asks, my cancer is back.
Bottom line: A printed statement above the CVS giftcards of a cash only policy for prepaid debit cards is not dispositive of cc acceptance. Appears to be a cashier-implemented refusal, not a register one.
Went back to the first store I was initially verbally denied at and just tried to buy a VR. Different cashier, no problems getting the VR. After checking out, I asked if there was a limit to VR purchases. She thought for a moment and then vaguely recalled they may be capped at $1000- didn't seem like it was a policy that had been drilled through their heads.
I figure I'll ramp up purchases per day gradually until I hit $5k/month or so. I have the old blue amex that'll give me 5% back once I hit $6500 in spending. I've actually used this card for dollar coin purchases without issue, but I think AMEX is going to be more suspicious when handing out big rewards of $5000+/month spending at a pharmacy...if anyone asks, my cancer is back.
Bottom line: A printed statement above the CVS giftcards of a cash only policy for prepaid debit cards is not dispositive of cc acceptance. Appears to be a cashier-implemented refusal, not a register one.
Feb 7, 2014, 6:35 pm
#64
Join Date: Dec 2013
Programs: UA 1K, Marriott Platinum Elite, Hyatt Gold, IHG Platinum Elite
Posts: 47
Hi,
Can anyone pls help me on where I can find Vanilla Reload cards in Des Moines? I have visited all 3 CVS and not one has it. They have the "myvanilla debit" which eveyone on this forum is advising to stay away from.
Can anyone pls help me on where I can find Vanilla Reload cards in Des Moines? I have visited all 3 CVS and not one has it. They have the "myvanilla debit" which eveyone on this forum is advising to stay away from.
Feb 7, 2014, 9:57 pm
#66
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: LA, CA
Programs: AA EXP, exSPG, Marriott TE
Posts: 26
There's a CVS just north of LAX on Sepulveda that tends to have them in stock and CC purchases are ok. But they are out and have been for a while. No explanation.
LA is dry as a bone at the moment, except at the (many) places where they don't sell them on CC. Hopefully this is not a trend that portends a policy shift...
LA is dry as a bone at the moment, except at the (many) places where they don't sell them on CC. Hopefully this is not a trend that portends a policy shift...
Aug 15, 2014, 9:41 pm
#68
Join Date: Feb 2006
Programs: HH Gold (again), US/UA/DL non-elite, ZE Presidents Circle, WN reluctant no fee convert.
Posts: 1,449
Bought ONE VR today w/CC
Now I don't know if I should load my Emerald or my BB....
Very nice cashier, told me he would need my DL and a matching CC at gas station convenience store. It was not in my neighborhood and I don't know if I should try it again next week.
This was not a -4, BTW. Tried there first, register prevented the sale.
Very nice cashier, told me he would need my DL and a matching CC at gas station convenience store. It was not in my neighborhood and I don't know if I should try it again next week.
This was not a -4, BTW. Tried there first, register prevented the sale.
