wow.

i don't think i've read about this before (3 shut down same day). i've run a conservative a-b-c AP for a couple years or so. i say conservative, because i never completed the loop by going c-a. in fact, there was often a fair amount sitting in account c, as it's a family member's account who i support- extra cash easy to get to her bank acct when i'm out of the country. so, there was actually $3900 sitting in the account today.

anyway, all 3 got the email today that they are closed and to w/d money within 3 days.

data points:

never used gift cards
always used incognito/private browsing

possible/probable trigger:

in march, i was unable to send a-b. i assumed A was shut down. so i sent a message to AP (i've been in this game too long and know better- i have no idea what was going thru my head to contact them. if i read someone else doing the same, i'd think they were a moron. so, clearly, i'm a moron!). they never replied. later i realized that the authorized user card had hit the monthly spending limit i set for it with Amex. so, in late april i tried again and it went thru- no problem. well.... until today!

i assume that contact was the trigger. though it's odd, as the accounts were not closed until 5 1/2 weeks later- and after another a-b-c i did in april.

i'm leaving the country soon for about a year and AP was about all i had for MS while i'm gone. keyword: WAS.

signed,
stupid