Wells Fargo Prepaid Cards
#1276
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: LAS
Programs: DL PM, UA PS, Hyatt Globalist, Marriott Titanium
Posts: 4,904
#1284
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: NYC
Posts: 398
Wells Fargo Debit Card Funding Change
http://millionmilesecrets.com/2013/0...ile+Secrets%29
you will have to use ONLY a Wells Fargo credit card (or debit card)to fund prepaid card after May 1, 2013.
#1285
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: PHX
Posts: 4,787
Well, I'd just done a max funding when the news about WF coming down on these cards came out. I've had a good couple of days, draining about half of the funds in 2 days. I've also been swiping for regular spend and running it as credit, figuring that might keep it open longer.
I think I've decided $2k is my capacity for a balance for a shut down, so I'm pretty relieved to have drained it down to about that. I really hit this hard, and we have 3 cards in the family, with pretty much nothing by MO purchases and ATM and all 3 cards still seem to be open. Since I'm a prime candidate for a shut down, I just thought I'd give a data point to make clear they haven't caught everyone yet. Maybe there's some hope that, having announced the changes as of May 1, they are just going to let us keep going for another few weeks.
I think I've decided $2k is my capacity for a balance for a shut down, so I'm pretty relieved to have drained it down to about that. I really hit this hard, and we have 3 cards in the family, with pretty much nothing by MO purchases and ATM and all 3 cards still seem to be open. Since I'm a prime candidate for a shut down, I just thought I'd give a data point to make clear they haven't caught everyone yet. Maybe there's some hope that, having announced the changes as of May 1, they are just going to let us keep going for another few weeks.
#1286
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: LAS
Programs: DL PM, UA PS, Hyatt Globalist, Marriott Titanium
Posts: 4,904
#1289
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: On the Lake USA
Programs: Marriott Ambassador, Hilton Diamond because they have nothing higher
Posts: 523
Hope noone minds their 3 WF PP's @ 4k per month or 12,000 miles or points per month Killed with the help of Blogs. I wonder if people will ever stop helping them.
#1290
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: LAS
Programs: DL PM, UA PS, Hyatt Globalist, Marriott Titanium
Posts: 4,904
To be fair, I don't put this one on blogs. The last time anyone reported it was in 2012 ... I feel like this was just the normal life cycle of the deal. Surely WF had to notice tons of $2500 and $2000 loads from outside accounts for only $5 (certainly not enough to cover the transaction fees) and saw they were losing money.
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