Wal-Mart, Amex take on banks with Bluebird debit card
Dec 13, 2012, 7:23 am
#4081
Join Date: May 2002
Location: St Louis, MO
Programs: AA L.T. PLT
Posts: 3,265
The system prevents you from mailing a check to your own address, but how about to yourself at your work address?
Today I setup a bill pay under my name and used my work mailing address, the system seemed to accept it... but honestly I am not sure I am going to be able to cash the check as it won't have my home address on it.
Thoughts?
Today I setup a bill pay under my name and used my work mailing address, the system seemed to accept it... but honestly I am not sure I am going to be able to cash the check as it won't have my home address on it.
Thoughts?
Dec 13, 2012, 7:34 am
#4082
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: Fort Myers, FL
Programs: Hilton Gold, SPG & IHG Plat, & every airline program that I can join
Posts: 2,279
In reading the limits for loading debit cards onto BB at wallyworld, it says there is a $100 daily limit, but i asked for $200 and it loaded. Am i reading the limit wrong or is it higher than $100 per day?
Judyjfla
Judyjfla
Dec 13, 2012, 7:35 am
#4083
Suspended
Join Date: May 2010
Posts: 2,998
the $100 limit is online with a DC. At WW & in person, it's $1k
Dec 13, 2012, 8:53 am
#4085
Join Date: Apr 2012
Posts: 104
Also,
When you mail a check, it seems to immediately make that amount of money unavailable and deduct it from your balance. Anyone else seen this?
When you mail a check, it seems to immediately make that amount of money unavailable and deduct it from your balance. Anyone else seen this?
Dec 13, 2012, 9:56 am
#4088
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Washington, DC
Programs: UA Plat MM, AA Gold, Hyatt Explorist, Hilton Gold, IHG Plat, Marriott Titanium Elite
Posts: 5,015
Dec 13, 2012, 10:28 am
#4089
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: world
Programs: all
Posts: 1,422
u see ..how much u can learn on these forums.
) You can set it up on the my account page and link a bank to it. It will test it with 2 micro deposits and then you are ready to go
Dec 13, 2012, 2:07 pm
#4091
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Long Beach
Programs: HHonors Diamond, Hyatt Diamond
Posts: 1,171
Went to my fav CVS in socal today but they were out of vanilla reload cards, went to the back up place they had 4, i bought two with CC no porblem, cashier thanking me for using credit as she would not want to count out 1007.9 in cash
Dec 13, 2012, 4:10 pm
#4092
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 2,824
On Tuesday, I bought 2 VR cards at my Walgreen's (location no. 1), but it took some fast talking to get them to run my credit card for the cards. (It worked only if it was run as two transactions.)
Today, I visited another Walgreen's location, but the cash register screen announced "Cash Only for this Item."
So I went back to location no. 1, and the manager said credit cards weren't allowed and the limit was $500. I mentioned that I bought 2 cards on Tuesday, using my CC, he said "someone is going to get in trouble for that."
He sold me one card, using my CC, and I left.
I will try a different location next week.
Today, I visited another Walgreen's location, but the cash register screen announced "Cash Only for this Item."
So I went back to location no. 1, and the manager said credit cards weren't allowed and the limit was $500. I mentioned that I bought 2 cards on Tuesday, using my CC, he said "someone is going to get in trouble for that."
He sold me one card, using my CC, and I left.
I will try a different location next week.
Dec 13, 2012, 5:00 pm
#4093
Join Date: Sep 2005
Programs: Northwest, United
Posts: 3,256
"Pushing it" like that is how this ends.
Last edited by nwflyboy; Dec 13, 2012 at 5:08 pm
Dec 13, 2012, 5:38 pm
#4094
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 2,824
Prior to my visit: Manager was telling customers that credit card purchases were not allowed.
After my visit: Manager was telling customers that credit card purchasers were OK.
That appears to be a positive outcome. Access has been expanded.
After my visit: Manager was telling customers that credit card purchasers were OK.
That appears to be a positive outcome. Access has been expanded.
Dec 13, 2012, 7:01 pm
#4095
Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 42
so, the basic gist is, assuming you find a place that lets you buy a bean card with a CC, you're getting 500 points(of whatever cc you use, more if drugstore purchases are bonus category) for $3.95.
Seems useful for initial spends, and if you can somehow get bonus categories, but for normal points it's not so much, except maybe to pay for things previously off limits(rent/mortgage, etc) for a small fee. We're looking at $79 for 10k points, which while nothing to scoff at, isn't that valuable on the face. You'd end up paying somewhere in the neighborhood of $275 to get enough points for your usual domestic redemption.
Guess the key is to find bonus categories, passthroughs(buying "gift" debit cards at a bonus category store), etc. Not for the faint of heart, eh?
Seems useful for initial spends, and if you can somehow get bonus categories, but for normal points it's not so much, except maybe to pay for things previously off limits(rent/mortgage, etc) for a small fee. We're looking at $79 for 10k points, which while nothing to scoff at, isn't that valuable on the face. You'd end up paying somewhere in the neighborhood of $275 to get enough points for your usual domestic redemption.
Guess the key is to find bonus categories, passthroughs(buying "gift" debit cards at a bonus category store), etc. Not for the faint of heart, eh?
