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Old Oct 22, 2012 | 8:31 pm
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farbster
 
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What is the benefit of using a debit card to fund this? Seems like if you ran out of the 5x bonus, you could buy the Vanilla using SPG or whatever...

Originally Posted by Million Mile Secrets
I did a few experiments with my permanent card and here's what I found:

- Can load with mile earning debit card (Suntrust Delta, Bank of America Alaska Air, and UFB American Airlines debit card) at Wal-Mart. I'm pretty sure that miles will post for the loading just like they do when buying money orders and paying bills at Wal-Mart money center.

- Can load with Vanilla Reload cards (bought at Office Depot for 5x points with Chase Ink credit card)

- Combined limit of $1,000 a day ($5,000 a month) for debit card reloads at Wal-Mart and Vanilla Reloads

- Can withdraw money from ATM

- Can pay credit card bills or other bills via Pay Bill feature

- Can NOT reload with Wal-Mart gift card

- Can NOT reload with credit card at Wal-Mart

- Can NOT buy money orders since it swipes as a credit card

- Can NOT get cash back along with purchase (will retest this one)

This is a great way to pay bills which don't usually earn miles and points like mortgages, rent, loans, etc!
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