Mar 12, 2015, 11:57 am
RIP Redbird... Fun while it lasted
Mar 5, 2015, 9:35 am
#301
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: ORD/MDW
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Posts: 2,889
Thanks. This RB is not in my name, it's in my daughter's name (with permission). Her name is one that could be considered asexual. I imagine I have all the information they would ask (since I set it up for her). Knowing this would you still call or wait for a "second notice"?
AND PLEASE STOP POSTING IN THIS THREAD -- move it to the regular RB thread unless you want to be thought of as supporting OP's claims.
Mar 5, 2015, 9:36 am
#302
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Tucson - Seattle
Programs: UA 1K;
Posts: 2,474
I am not too sure if it is a hoax. I had a guy I work with ask me if I had any problems with RedBird. He is fairly active in MS but does not participate on FT or elsewhere. He knows I also MS.
He said he was just shutdown on his RedBird account. I asked if he knew why and he said he was advised that it was for "activity that was not the intended use" or something close to that. I do not have any further details....but it was a shutdown.
He had no reason to make that story up and does not know about this thread.
He said he was just shutdown on his RedBird account. I asked if he knew why and he said he was advised that it was for "activity that was not the intended use" or something close to that. I do not have any further details....but it was a shutdown.
He had no reason to make that story up and does not know about this thread.
Mar 5, 2015, 9:38 am
#303
Join Date: Jan 2013
Programs: Hyatt Glb, MR Plat
Posts: 2,576
Hoax or not, why can't people just take it easy and not load 1k 1k 500 in one shot. Making an extra trip or two isn't going to kill you.
Mar 5, 2015, 9:39 am
#304
Join Date: Aug 2013
Posts: 164
my brother in law's RB was shut down a month ago. At the time, I just chalked it up as something weird he did - possibly fat-fingering SSN or DOB. But I asked him last night if he still had the email. He deleted it, so I showed him the one posted by OP. He said it was similar in general verbage, but his reason stated was different. so fwiw, i believe OP.
Mar 5, 2015, 9:40 am
#305
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 1,269
Thanks. This RB is not in my name, it's in my daughter's name (with permission). Her name is one that could be considered asexual. I imagine I have all the information they would ask (since I set it up for her). Knowing this would you still call or wait for a "second notice"?
Mar 5, 2015, 9:51 am
#306
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: DFW
Programs: SPG Gold, SW Companion Pass, Hilton Gold
Posts: 128
As many others have said, it doesn't have to do with the loads as much as it has to do with unloading the exact same amounts very quickly.
Mar 5, 2015, 10:01 am
#307
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: ONT/LAX
Programs: IHG Plat
Posts: 496
my brother in law's RB was shut down a month ago. At the time, I just chalked it up as something weird he did - possibly fat-fingering SSN or DOB. But I asked him last night if he still had the email. He deleted it, so I showed him the one posted by OP. He said it was similar in general verbage, but his reason stated was different. so fwiw, i believe OP.
Mar 5, 2015, 10:03 am
#308
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 184
Thanks. This RB is not in my name, it's in my daughter's name (with permission). Her name is one that could be considered asexual. I imagine I have all the information they would ask (since I set it up for her). Knowing this would you still call or wait for a "second notice"?
Mar 5, 2015, 10:06 am
#309
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Midwest
Programs: AA LT Gold 1MM ,Hyatt Explorist,Marriott Platinum,HHonors Diamond
Posts: 364
Why would AMEX suddenly be concerned about "unintended use" regarding this particular product while similar products (SRV,BB,AFT), which have been in the market longer than RB, didn't ?
Mar 5, 2015, 10:17 am
#310
Join Date: Oct 2014
Programs: Hilton Diamond, SPG Platinum, Hyatt Diamond, Club Carlson Gold
Posts: 102
Folks, please vet the sources of the initial report and the "confirmations."
If someone were actually shutdown, the first thing one does is try to log-in to the account. However, no one who reported a shutdown has mentioned anything about trying to log-in and what happens. I even specifically asked (and received no response):
Now, let's go in order of posting for the "report" and "confirmations:"
1) RFDMinnesota:
OP is known to state false information on FT. For example, in this post, OP claimed that store gift cards could be loaded to BlueBird:
Now, to the first "confirmation:"
2) Dave4086:
In the same joke thread as OP regarding claims that store GCs will load to Bluebird, this posted provided "confirmation":
And, then, this poster was also admittedly "in on the joke" in the "H.E.L.L.O. method" thread:
On to the next "confirmation," by a first-time poster who just joined this week? A poster who hasn't posted since.
3) TommyFlysAlot:
A single-post does not make a forest of credibility
And, then we have this "confirmation:"
4) WhoGoesThere:
Here's a recent (although, more light-hearted) joke post from this poster:
Finally, we have this poster:
5) SanDiego_Fred:
This poster has only ever posted in the main RB thread (5 total times) and then only in this "shutdown" thread since joining FT last month.
[I was bored. Otherwise I wouldn't have wasted my time on this.]
Mods - Can we lock this thread yet? Or, at least, merge it with the existing RB thread?
If someone were actually shutdown, the first thing one does is try to log-in to the account. However, no one who reported a shutdown has mentioned anything about trying to log-in and what happens. I even specifically asked (and received no response):
Now, let's go in order of posting for the "report" and "confirmations:"
1) RFDMinnesota:
OP is known to state false information on FT. For example, in this post, OP claimed that store gift cards could be loaded to BlueBird:
Now, to the first "confirmation:"
2) Dave4086:
In the same joke thread as OP regarding claims that store GCs will load to Bluebird, this posted provided "confirmation":
And, then, this poster was also admittedly "in on the joke" in the "H.E.L.L.O. method" thread:
On to the next "confirmation," by a first-time poster who just joined this week? A poster who hasn't posted since.
3) TommyFlysAlot:
A single-post does not make a forest of credibility
And, then we have this "confirmation:"
4) WhoGoesThere:
Here's a recent (although, more light-hearted) joke post from this poster:
Finally, we have this poster:
5) SanDiego_Fred:
This poster has only ever posted in the main RB thread (5 total times) and then only in this "shutdown" thread since joining FT last month.
[I was bored. Otherwise I wouldn't have wasted my time on this.]
Mods - Can we lock this thread yet? Or, at least, merge it with the existing RB thread?
You da man!
Mar 5, 2015, 10:18 am
#311
Join Date: Jul 2001
Programs: Marriott LT Tit; Hyatt Explorist; Hilton CC Gold; IHG CC Plt; Hertz (MR) 5 star
Posts: 5,536
They probably wouldn't be. It would be Target that would be unhappy with 'unintended use' of the card.
Mar 5, 2015, 10:42 am
#312
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Long Beach
Programs: HHonors Diamond, Hyatt Diamond
Posts: 1,171
Folks, please vet the sources of the initial report and the "confirmations."
If someone were actually shutdown, the first thing one does is try to log-in to the account. However, no one who reported a shutdown has mentioned anything about trying to log-in and what happens. I even specifically asked (and received no response):
Now, let's go in order of posting for the "report" and "confirmations:"
1) RFDMinnesota:
OP is known to state false information on FT. For example, in this post, OP claimed that store gift cards could be loaded to BlueBird:
Now, to the first "confirmation:"
2) Dave4086:
In the same joke thread as OP regarding claims that store GCs will load to Bluebird, this posted provided "confirmation":
And, then, this poster was also admittedly "in on the joke" in the "H.E.L.L.O. method" thread:
On to the next "confirmation," by a first-time poster who just joined this week? A poster who hasn't posted since.
3) TommyFlysAlot:
A single-post does not make a forest of credibility
And, then we have this "confirmation:"
4) WhoGoesThere:
Here's a recent (although, more light-hearted) joke post from this poster:
Finally, we have this poster:
5) SanDiego_Fred:
This poster has only ever posted in the main RB thread (5 total times) and then only in this "shutdown" thread since joining FT last month.
[I was bored. Otherwise I wouldn't have wasted my time on this.]
Mods - Can we lock this thread yet? Or, at least, merge it with the existing RB thread?
If someone were actually shutdown, the first thing one does is try to log-in to the account. However, no one who reported a shutdown has mentioned anything about trying to log-in and what happens. I even specifically asked (and received no response):
Now, let's go in order of posting for the "report" and "confirmations:"
1) RFDMinnesota:
OP is known to state false information on FT. For example, in this post, OP claimed that store gift cards could be loaded to BlueBird:
Now, to the first "confirmation:"
2) Dave4086:
In the same joke thread as OP regarding claims that store GCs will load to Bluebird, this posted provided "confirmation":
And, then, this poster was also admittedly "in on the joke" in the "H.E.L.L.O. method" thread:
On to the next "confirmation," by a first-time poster who just joined this week? A poster who hasn't posted since.
3) TommyFlysAlot:
A single-post does not make a forest of credibility
And, then we have this "confirmation:"
4) WhoGoesThere:
Here's a recent (although, more light-hearted) joke post from this poster:
Finally, we have this poster:
5) SanDiego_Fred:
This poster has only ever posted in the main RB thread (5 total times) and then only in this "shutdown" thread since joining FT last month.
[I was bored. Otherwise I wouldn't have wasted my time on this.]
Mods - Can we lock this thread yet? Or, at least, merge it with the existing RB thread?
Mar 5, 2015, 10:45 am
#313
Join Date: May 2003
Location: CA
Programs: AA Lifetime Gold, HHonors Diamond
Posts: 2,879
