Originally Posted by
DCBob
I take a small dollar amount from my paycheck (an allotment) and have it direct deposited to my BB account. You don't need to deposit your entire check. And as I said, I do NOT pay all of my credit cards using BB. It is my fear (call it irrational if you must) that Amex is going to eventually shut down BB accounts that simply use it to pay off 100% of their Amex CC purchases of VRs. Citibank has shut down CC accounts of customers who are taking advantage of their CCs through manufactured spending alone. Once you lose Amex, you won't be invited back and I don't want to lose mine.
The sentiment regarding Amex credit cards may be understandable, not so much others. But with Amex dropping the HHonors card bonus at drugstores, few others still offering drugstore category bonuses, and VRs hard to find or use CC's to buy, I'm not using Amex cards to purchase GCs much anymore. Chase is the biggest in this space with their no-fee GCs, and 5x Ink card purchases of $200 GCs at office supply stores.