Very few, if any, of the people who switch to Redbird regret it.

If Redbird stops credit card loading AND Serve/Softcard did, in fact, grandfather folks in, than people might.

I would have regretted it. But that's b/c I value $1500/month online load & Amex Offers at a high enough level to offset the added cost of buying VGCs & RLs.

Anyone that loaded with US Air MC - your transaction post yet? I was able to load on 5/1 and it still hasn't posted .. I am waiting to make sure it posts as a transaction before doing the next 2 loads... thanks!

Data point:
Loaded my Serve with WF AmEx Propel. It posted as a purchase, but earned no points. :(
My earlier CC links were removed by the bank, and I'm not able to put back any MC or V.

Unfortunately, I have a non-softcard serve, so no go with non-Amex cards (and so far no luck with non-US Amex fwiw), but i did notice that it is actually stated (in fees section) that fee for loading from Amex card for Serve account is $0 but fee for loading from Amex/VisaMastercard/Discover is $0 for Softcard Serve account, so it seems the Softcard use of other cards is official for now.

is anyone using the usbank flex perks amex from online loading, and getting points?

I have seen it asked but not yet confirmed: does loading with FIA invest rewards 2x amex still earn points?

I just got my card minutes ago and did a load. It took away available credit but not any of the CA line so I feel pretty good about it.

I will report back when mine clears but I am curious if anyone has data points from April 16th 2015 forward?

I just had all three loads from this month post on my Aviator card. Looks to be business as usual.

do you have Serve/Softcard(ISIS) as well?

I loaded a couple of times this month and the transactions which are no longer
in pending state show up in the pending rewards... So yes, it still works.

I use the Aviator/US Airways MC on my Softcard Serve & it posted as purchases this month.

Can you fund Serve online with $200/day from an AmEx giftcard?

No and it is in the wiki.

Except if you read all the posts today, you'll see that Target will not be allowing any CC loads to RedBird on 5/6. Might be regional rollout but its coming. I'm glad to be grandfathered in under Softcard so I still do my $1500 online, but the main reason I never switched to RB is because I still value being able to load my cards at Kate. Imagine trying to get your local Target CSR to do 25 $200 loads each month.

i'm glad i didnt switch over to redbird!! however, in the future i might have to...

i have a soft serve, so currently non-amex is still working (for now). i live in SFO, so wm/fd is NOT convenient to get to....will need to hangout in the redbird thread to see if gc loading is possible. i've actually never tried these types of loads....

i'm also interested to see the prices falling for redbird on ebay. today i see BIN @ $13. Before it was around $21.

What's Kate? (not in the wiki)

+1

Like I said, if Target stops allowing Credit Card loading, people will regret it (especially those that just switched May 1st)

Any one that switched months ago and got 8 months worth of Redbird is still OK with the decision.

$1500 at home is nice but hardly a game changer and anyone that wants to go back to Kate is certainly able to now.

Anyone able to successfully re-instate their SoftServe card by calling CS?

And, of course, this is all provided that the Vague reports are even true.

yep, tomorrow will be the true test.

What's kate?

Kate is the name given to everyone's favorite cashier...she is not human.

Anyone know why I can't load my Serve with my Amex Hilton HHonors? After 2 successful loads in the previous days, on the 3rd load, it gives me "We're sorry, your card issuer declined this transaction. Please call the number on the back of your American Express card for additional information."

Does that mean I need to upload pics to Serve upload or do I need to call the Amex card itself?

OMG, I was googling and everything....I knew it wasn't loading serve at the kate spade store. LOL

why is everyone talking about only $1500/mo ? i still see my arrival cards on both my serve accounts....that's easy 1.5k credit and 1.5k debit/mo

I don't think this is possible. Softcard no longer exists; I think those who had their Serve accounts linked to it were just grandfathered to this policy (allow non amex loads + keep $1.5K limits to both CC and DC) which turned out to be in their favor.

What I meant was, Amex Serve had a policy of re-activating accounts within 30 days of an account closing. I'm wondering if anyone was successful in getting their Serve accounts re-opened after already creating a Redbird account.

Kicking myself for not reading T&C myself instead of following the masses.

hindsight is 20/20, nothing you can do now but hope for the best.

you can try but IME dealing with Serve CS, most often than not, I knew a lot more about the T&C than they know. hopefully, you get a supervisor who can restore your account.

VISA GC from giftcards.com not working at Walmart?
 

Today I went to my local Walmart where Kate usually is operating. To my surprise it wasn't working. I got in line to manually load my Serve account. Cashier asks me what type of card is it I said "debit card" . We proceed with the transaction and the machine quickly generates a receipt with tender not allowed. She tried it again with the same results. The gift card is issued by bankcorp. Any data points on this issue?

You will find the the answers you seek

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/manuf...2015-a-82.html

were you loading a vanilla visa debit? if yes and you were loading $50 or more, that's the reason why you got that error message. if not, you may have to provide more details.

So possibly wrong pin ah? I will try again then.

I'm needing to switch my RB.

Serve/BlueBird both seem to offer the same perks except for Bluebird offering checks.

Does it even matter which one I get if I don't care for the check feature? Serve just has the option of also being loadable at Family Dollar but that's limited to 500 per store, anyway.

Can you reopen a closed Serve account?

Read the previous page and you'll find clues. When did you close your account? I hate that I'm turning cynical like this, but at least read one page.

Also interested in this question.

Like I said....

Like I said, Unless Target stopped taking credit cards, which seems to be happening. No one is going to argue now. If you switched away from Softcard serve last month, you made a mistake. If you switched, 8 months ago, you still didn't. (If you are only looking at fee free MS)

Kiosk At The Entrance......