EWRfflyer

We will probably see how widespread Bluebird was when this tread reaches 100 pages or more by the end of the day

andyandy

A commenter over at TFM had the axe fall mid-load: http://frequentmiler.boardingarea.co...omment-1510982

Andyandy

JaytheBarber

shutdown here too. Will this be a black mark on our credit reports?

teddy25

I agree, all of the people who manage more than 5.

mrstraveler

OMG I just got the same email and was coming here to post ALL of my Serve and Bluebird accounts have been shutdown

rylan

Wonder if there is any recourse here... did anyone get through to a rep and do they have any info besides send a letter to the black hole postal address that will never get answered?
I pay bills with mine, not just load and immediately pay back to the same CC and got shut down. Wife got shut down and has only used a gift card load a handful of times and others were for transfers and bill pay etc.

Is this how Amex is getting rid of BB instead of just sending a program termination notice to everyone?

compddd

Thankfully loaded 10k on 1/6 lol, still have 2.5k left, was going to load last night but forgot to, should have gone, oh well

1 SoftServe, 3 BBs shut down this morning.

slocouple

I got the same email on the only Bluebird I have. Activity has consisted of loading and then writing physical checks twice a month for mortgage and occasionally for other things. Can't see any point in writing to protest, given the volume of account shutdowns reported here.

mad cow disease

Also received my e-mail. Was loading between 2-3K a month, ramped it up through the holidays. I have about $1000 in GC outstanding, not too bad...guess it will go to MOs.

bobert24

It'll be a few days before I'm able to full drain my accounts. Anybody with an already empty account (or one that can be emptied very quickly): we need data points on re-applying. If we open a new account, will it be approved, or denied/quickly shut down? Will they (as someone suggested earlier) approve new accounts for the new products (with higher fees, etc.)?

Anybody who does apply, please include as much of the following info as possible:
-Which product you had (that got shut down)
-Which product you applied for
-How you applied (online, bought a temp card at Walmart, etc.)
-The results (immediate approval/denial, a message that it was under review, etc.)
-How long you waited between closing one account and applying for the other
-Whether you used all the same contact details (address, phone, email, etc.) on the new application as you had on the old card

crazy_p.o.w.

I also was just shutdown. Had 3 accounts shut down so far. Not sure about the other as I haven't checked yet. Got the same vague message. Thought it was just me, but now I see that I am not alone. They are probably just doing this to purge the system and make way for a more lucrative option (for them).

ninim2200

I got the same email shutting down my account, i only did one bill pay in December and one in October, 1400 , 1500 each

laslo

NOt sure of the timing on the shutdowns today. I did a VGC load at 9:57 this morning. Got the shutdown email at 10:10.

compddd

Seems like they are shutting everyone down no matter what lol

us1549

3/3 shutdown. Loaded the full 5k via Kate every month.