Originally Posted by
DYKWIA2014
BTW, not to sound stupid but what's a Vanilla Card (per the other thread)?
A prepaid VISA debit card you can load with your DL AMEX, then either load into an AMEX Serve account (kind of a bank account) or buy a money order with. It's a way to generate spend on your AMEX to get the MilesBoosts.

Desperate times call for desperate measures.