Jan 10, 2015, 9:50 pm
Last edit by: ed765
This thread has begun a new tradition of annual master threads, this one on Visa Buxx. The previous 2003- 2014 megathread is here.
tcook052
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Buxx cards can only be loaded with a Visa or MasterCard.
tcook052
MS Forum Moderator
Buxx cards can only be loaded with a Visa or MasterCard.
NW Buxx
•Initial purchase fee: $5 (waived with promo code: 02050053 - ( the promo code appears to be working consistently)
•$2 load fee
•Max load per rolling 7 days: $500
•Max load per rolling 30 days: $1,000
•Max ATM per week: ($200 - but only if specifically enabled online, including PIN setup). No fee for some Allpoint ATMs (no way to know in advance if the Allpoint ATM will ding you $1; check your account carefully and call if necessary to reverse the $1 charge…IME 2/3 Allpoint ATMs do charge the fee).
•Max spend per rolling 7 days: $800
•Max # of CC on file is 2.
•Max balance per card: $1000
•Max of 2 loads per CC per 7 day rolling period.
If you card fails to load, check to see if there are at least 7 calendar days between loads, make sure the load won't bring your card above the maximum balance, or try the other CC.
Funding with Citi cards codes as a purchase for NW Buxx.
•Initial purchase fee: $5 (waived with promo code: 02050053 - ( the promo code appears to be working consistently)
•$2 load fee
•Max load per rolling 7 days: $500
•Max load per rolling 30 days: $1,000
•Max ATM per week: ($200 - but only if specifically enabled online, including PIN setup). No fee for some Allpoint ATMs (no way to know in advance if the Allpoint ATM will ding you $1; check your account carefully and call if necessary to reverse the $1 charge…IME 2/3 Allpoint ATMs do charge the fee).
•Max spend per rolling 7 days: $800
•Max # of CC on file is 2.
•Max balance per card: $1000
•Max of 2 loads per CC per 7 day rolling period.
If you card fails to load, check to see if there are at least 7 calendar days between loads, make sure the load won't bring your card above the maximum balance, or try the other CC.
Funding with Citi cards codes as a purchase for NW Buxx.
TD Bank Go Buxx
•Can only be loaded with TD Bank credit cards, debit cards or direct deposit
•Initial purchase fee: $4.95 + $1 load fee
•Max load per day: $500
•Max load per 7 days: $2,000
•Max load per rolling 30 days: $3,000
•Max per ATM withdraw: $60/week. (No fee at TD Bank.)
•Max balance: $2,000
•Max transactions: no limit
•Max load per funding TD CC (across multiple teens): $6,000 per 30 days
Limits are per teen card, not per master account
TD Bank card loads are treated as purchases by TD Bank and earn points.
Cannot be used to pay CITI or Capital One cards by phone.
States not supported: AL, AK, AS, AZ, AR, CA, CO, FM, GA, GU, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT, NE, NV, NM, ND, MP, OH, OK, OR, PW, PR, SD, TN, TX, UT, VI, WA, WV, WI, WY
USPS MOs count against the ATM withdrawal limit.
Do not create too many accounts too fast. Some reports of account shutdown when same SSN used across multiple cards / accounts in a short period of time.
•Can only be loaded with TD Bank credit cards, debit cards or direct deposit
•Initial purchase fee: $4.95 + $1 load fee
•Max load per day: $500
•Max load per 7 days: $2,000
•Max load per rolling 30 days: $3,000
•Max per ATM withdraw: $60/week. (No fee at TD Bank.)
•Max balance: $2,000
•Max transactions: no limit
•Max load per funding TD CC (across multiple teens): $6,000 per 30 days
Limits are per teen card, not per master account
TD Bank card loads are treated as purchases by TD Bank and earn points.
Cannot be used to pay CITI or Capital One cards by phone.
States not supported: AL, AK, AS, AZ, AR, CA, CO, FM, GA, GU, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT, NE, NV, NM, ND, MP, OH, OK, OR, PW, PR, SD, TN, TX, UT, VI, WA, WV, WI, WY
USPS MOs count against the ATM withdrawal limit.
Do not create too many accounts too fast. Some reports of account shutdown when same SSN used across multiple cards / accounts in a short period of time.
USB Buxx (closed)
USB BUXX is closed:
Last day to load was Oct 24th, 2015.
Last day to use or withdraw all funds Dec 30th.
Cards closed Dec 31st
Transaction History available through 6/30/16
(NOTE: stopped taking new applications ~mid February 2014 through the official link.
USB BUXX is closed:
Last day to load was Oct 24th, 2015.
Last day to use or withdraw all funds Dec 30th.
Cards closed Dec 31st
Transaction History available through 6/30/16
(NOTE: stopped taking new applications ~mid February 2014 through the official link.
VISA Buxx (2015)
May 7, 2015, 4:21 pm
#361
Join Date: Sep 2014
Posts: 51
Hey guys,
So normally I was able to get visa buxx to refund the ATM $1 fee even when I used a allpoint atm (free per cardholder agreement), but starting today, they have refused to refund any ATM fees. Anyone else experience this?
So normally I was able to get visa buxx to refund the ATM $1 fee even when I used a allpoint atm (free per cardholder agreement), but starting today, they have refused to refund any ATM fees. Anyone else experience this?
May 7, 2015, 6:03 pm
#362
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: SFO
Programs: Hyatt Diamond, Hilton Diamond, IHG Plat
Posts: 275
Newbie learning to use USB and NW Buxx cards
Hi Everyone, I am new to this as I just been using BlueBird but now need to look for ways to spend and make the first-time bonus spending for a Citi card and a AE card.
I read the wiki and some of the posts, it seems both the USB Buxx and NW Buxx cards are good for loading with Citi CC without any fees? Previously I loaded Bluebird with Citi CC but was charged cash advance fees.
So both the USB Buxx and NW Buxx will allow loading with Citi or AE CC ($2000 and $1000 limit respectively) and I can use the loaded funds to pay back the CC? Or I should have the funds pay the bill of a different card (e.g. Load USB Buxx with Citi CC to pay bill for AE but not the same Citi CC)?
Thanks very much for all the help. Have a wonderful day
I read the wiki and some of the posts, it seems both the USB Buxx and NW Buxx cards are good for loading with Citi CC without any fees? Previously I loaded Bluebird with Citi CC but was charged cash advance fees.
So both the USB Buxx and NW Buxx will allow loading with Citi or AE CC ($2000 and $1000 limit respectively) and I can use the loaded funds to pay back the CC? Or I should have the funds pay the bill of a different card (e.g. Load USB Buxx with Citi CC to pay bill for AE but not the same Citi CC)?
Thanks very much for all the help. Have a wonderful day
May 7, 2015, 6:22 pm
#363
Join Date: Dec 2006
Posts: 161
Optimal number of cards
This seems to imply that as many as 4 teen cards might be useful, with each one loaded for $1000 per month.
If one is using the cards get money from ATM's one could feed the cards through a machine one after another (possibly then adding the cash on to a Serve).
If used to pay a credit card bill, I am not certain whether one could use all of the cards in one phone call if the names on the cards were different, even though all belonged to one family. In my limited experience with using them to pay a CITI bill I was asked whether I had the authority to use these cards and could say yes, since my name was on the card, and the bill was in my name. If it was say a teen of mine, or spouse would there be a issue? The bill being paid might have a different name than the name on the debit card.
If one is using the cards get money from ATM's one could feed the cards through a machine one after another (possibly then adding the cash on to a Serve).
If used to pay a credit card bill, I am not certain whether one could use all of the cards in one phone call if the names on the cards were different, even though all belonged to one family. In my limited experience with using them to pay a CITI bill I was asked whether I had the authority to use these cards and could say yes, since my name was on the card, and the bill was in my name. If it was say a teen of mine, or spouse would there be a issue? The bill being paid might have a different name than the name on the debit card.
May 7, 2015, 6:22 pm
#364
Join Date: Feb 2015
Posts: 11
Two different reps have told me this too. $9 for 1k spend but 5 trips to an ATM. Kind of a PITA now. Funny how $5 changes how I look at this card.
May 7, 2015, 6:40 pm
#365
Join Date: Dec 2006
Posts: 161
Class Action lawsuit?
It seems for a long time most Allpoint ATM's have been improperly leading to $1.00 charges. An occasional misclassification may be understandable, but one would have expected the misclassification to have been corrected once they were made aware of the error. I know from experience that the errors in their data base are not corrected even after they are made aware of them. The rate of this error implies a very systematic problem, possibly with a conscious decision to cheat their customers (presuming many would not both to call to correct an error, even if they noticed it).
On problem would be finding a good plaintiff, since some people who have been using these for manufactured spending may have violated one or more terms of the contracts themselves, or contracts with their credit card issuers.
A better plaintiff might be a parent with child at college who had been using these cards as a way to give him or her access to cash and a credit card, while yet limiting how much they could spend. Ideally, this would be low income parent supporting one or more struggling students for who the $1.00 extra fees could be argued to make a real difference.
Possibly even a lawyer here might recognize the opportunity, and others may know of a good plaintiff or plaintiffs.
May 7, 2015, 6:54 pm
#366
Join Date: Jul 2014
Posts: 3,688
On problem would be finding a good plaintiff, since some people who have been using these for manufactured spending may have violated one or more terms of the contracts themselves, or contracts with their credit card issuers.
Those who go to court must come with clean hands.
May 7, 2015, 6:59 pm
#367
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Programs: Southwest A-list & Companion Pass, Enterprise, Hilton, Wyndham, etc
Posts: 225
Judge Judy, as usual, is full of it. You don't need clean hands, but not having violated the contract would be nice.
May 7, 2015, 10:03 pm
#368
Join Date: Aug 2014
Posts: 82
Does the $1 charge from NW immediate? I know USB charges the ATM fees overnight so it's not reflected right away.
May 8, 2015, 12:28 pm
#370
Join Date: Jun 2012
Posts: 101
I just called Nationwide and got the same answer. No refund!
May 8, 2015, 1:42 pm
#371
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: SFO
Programs: Hyatt Diamond, Hilton Diamond, IHG Plat
Posts: 275
Hi Everyone, I am new to this as I just been using BlueBird but now need to look for ways to spend and make the first-time bonus spending for a Citi card and a AE card.
I read the wiki and some of the posts, it seems both the USB Buxx and NW Buxx cards are good for loading with Citi CC without any fees? Previously I loaded Bluebird with Citi CC but was charged cash advance fees.
So both the USB Buxx and NW Buxx will allow loading with Citi or AE CC ($2000 and $1000 limit respectively) and I can use the loaded funds to pay back the CC? Or I should have the funds pay the bill of a different card (e.g. Load USB Buxx with Citi CC to pay bill for AE but not the same Citi CC)?
Thanks very much for all the help. Have a wonderful day
I read the wiki and some of the posts, it seems both the USB Buxx and NW Buxx cards are good for loading with Citi CC without any fees? Previously I loaded Bluebird with Citi CC but was charged cash advance fees.
So both the USB Buxx and NW Buxx will allow loading with Citi or AE CC ($2000 and $1000 limit respectively) and I can use the loaded funds to pay back the CC? Or I should have the funds pay the bill of a different card (e.g. Load USB Buxx with Citi CC to pay bill for AE but not the same Citi CC)?
Thanks very much for all the help. Have a wonderful day
May 8, 2015, 1:56 pm
#372
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: LAC
Programs: Regal Crown Club
Posts: 488
NW Buxx is good, too, but there's a rumor going on that it pays only 1x1% on the DC. Still waiting for my statement to cut to see what happens to the 2nd 1%. The cash advance limit on my DC is $0 but US Buxx and NW Buxx load fine. Can't say anything about other Citi cards though.
May 8, 2015, 3:38 pm
#373
Join Date: Jul 2014
Posts: 369
US Buxx is definitely good with Citi (Double Cash Back anyone ;-)
NW Buxx is good, too, but there's a rumor going on that it pays only 1x1% on the DC. Still waiting for my statement to cut to see what happens to the 2nd 1%. The cash advance limit on my DC is $0 but US Buxx and NW Buxx load fine. Can't say anything about other Citi cards though.
NW Buxx is good, too, but there's a rumor going on that it pays only 1x1% on the DC. Still waiting for my statement to cut to see what happens to the 2nd 1%. The cash advance limit on my DC is $0 but US Buxx and NW Buxx load fine. Can't say anything about other Citi cards though.
May 8, 2015, 4:24 pm
#375
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Chicago
Programs: United MileagePlus, Hyatt Platinum
Posts: 148
Business as usual for NW Buxx! 😀