Wells Fargo Prepaid Cards
Aug 21, 2012, 10:12 am
#63
Join Date: Aug 2009
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That said the reports on people being banned were generally in one of two categories - (1) people who seriously maxed out the AARP 5% on everything cash back cards (many people made several thousand dollars in hard cash, I managed a couple K myself and got a bit nervous); and (2) people who used scripts to generate thousands of 1c transactions on the Chase Freedom card to take advantage of the 10 points per swipe bonus. I have not personally read of anyone getting banned for the OD gig and frankly the 50k upper limit seems to have their tolerance for bonus dishing built in.
There is a great deal of possibility they would frown upon excessive and/or exclusive use of a credit card for buying "stuff" from Wells Fargo. So proceed with caution.
And instead of people posting "how about this card or that card" - how about you go and try it with a small amount, say $10, and then report that back here for the collective to utilize? It is very lazy to simply demand what works and what doesn't on a deal like this without contributing anything in return.
Aug 21, 2012, 10:16 am
#64
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Anaheim Hills, CA
Programs: UA 1K, 1.3mm
Posts: 918
Aug 22, 2012, 9:19 pm
#67
Join Date: Jul 2012
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Aug 23, 2012, 8:02 pm
#68
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Not sure if this might already be under increased scrutiny from WF, but I got my card in the mail, activated it, and tried to load it. Seems that just the fact that I added a second credit card to my profile for the load has caused me to go under a security alert, and it'll take up to 10 business days for this to be completed.
Oh well. Had it working for almost 10 minutes there.
I'll try to remember to report back in three weeks.
Oh well. Had it working for almost 10 minutes there.
I'll try to remember to report back in three weeks.
Aug 23, 2012, 9:23 pm
#69
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: On the Lake USA
Programs: Marriott Ambassador, Hilton Diamond because they have nothing higher
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You read my mind ( I know not that hard to do LOL) I love Chase and have been a customer for over a decade and would hate to have my accounts closed since they hold up my high credit rating with my long term accounts.
First, I have no skin in this game-feel free to take my comments for what they are worth.
The quoted post is a very important one. You DO NOT want to be blacklisted from Chase. Chase controls a large percentage of the travel cards market and it's just not worth it to get greedy on one deal and be banned altogether.
Mike
The quoted post is a very important one. You DO NOT want to be blacklisted from Chase. Chase controls a large percentage of the travel cards market and it's just not worth it to get greedy on one deal and be banned altogether.
Mike
Aug 23, 2012, 9:25 pm
#70
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: On the Lake USA
Programs: Marriott Ambassador, Hilton Diamond because they have nothing higher
Posts: 523
You did very well and Thank You
Check this out if you want a better summation of my first post 
I think he may have done a better job with indentation and paragraph breaks.
I think he may have done a better job with indentation and paragraph breaks.
Aug 25, 2012, 9:20 am
#75
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Join Date: May 2010
Posts: 2,998
Did anyone try Barclays? BofA? Would be nice to get more data points.
