Bluebird Shutdowns
#37
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: DCA/IAD
Programs: AA EXP, UA Silver, Marriott Titanium, HHonors Diamond, National Exec, Hertz PC, Nexus
Posts: 412
Got the same message this morning on my account, but not my wife's. The funny thing is that activity on my wife's account mirrors mine almost identically, since I load them at the same time. I've scaled back my BB activity significantly since this time last year. I used BB to hit $25k in spending on my DL AMEX to avoid the elite spend threshold Delta imposes. Because of this I earned Platinum, rather than Silver. I hit $25k in June and have been mostly using BB to get sign-up bonuses on new cards. I liquidated $4500 in Simon Mall gift cards between my account and my wife's last week, but didn't have a lot of activity over the preceding couple months.
I guess I need to research some other manufactured spend options. I'll be moving overseas this summer, so maybe I'll get back into this when I move back to the U.S. in a couple years, since I will have been off the radar for some time.
I guess I need to research some other manufactured spend options. I'll be moving overseas this summer, so maybe I'll get back into this when I move back to the U.S. in a couple years, since I will have been off the radar for some time.
#40
Join Date: Jan 2015
Posts: 31
"Unusual usage patterns" apparently = "any usage patterns" ...
I had 3/3 shutdowns. The 3rd card has NEVER been used for ANY loads other than an initial $20 load when I bought the card (Serve at WM) + a single $10/10 AMEX statement credit offer at Petco.
I had 3/3 shutdowns. The 3rd card has NEVER been used for ANY loads other than an initial $20 load when I bought the card (Serve at WM) + a single $10/10 AMEX statement credit offer at Petco.
#42
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Mar 2000
Posts: 17,422
Three out of three shutdowns today, too. Two BBs, One Serve. All had $5000 of load activity each month for years, usually withdrawn by paying credit card bills.
Sheesh -- this is out of left field, as I don't see how AMEX loses money on this. What are the other options to unload gift cards? I suddenly have a big MS problem!
Sheesh -- this is out of left field, as I don't see how AMEX loses money on this. What are the other options to unload gift cards? I suddenly have a big MS problem!
#45
Join Date: Oct 2014
Programs: DL Diamond, SPG/Marriott Plat, HH Diamond
Posts: 132
BB dead.
Wife's Serve is still alive and we haven't MSed with that one as much yet so it may be just a matter of time.
So any non-Amex prepaids out there that are cost effective and not getting shut down?
Wife's Serve is still alive and we haven't MSed with that one as much yet so it may be just a matter of time.
So any non-Amex prepaids out there that are cost effective and not getting shut down?