Introduction As you all have read, the world had come to an end on October 13 with the death of Redbird (at least for my buddy @Mastermind85.) For me though, it had already died a month earlier. The reason for that is now there are only 3% cards (except if I decide to jump back […]
Redcard scare Got this email on Wednesday with title “Important Information about your Redcard” Account. Quite possibly had a mini heart attack. This is synonymous with your significant other saying, “We need to talk.” I thought I was going to get the ax. Then I read the email: Dear Vinh, At American Express we are […]
As I type this, you all have read that starting 5/6, you can no longer load Redbirds with a credit card. First off, take a deep breath. We’re back at where we were before Redbird, when you had to load Bluebird/Serve at Walmart with gift cards. We’ve been spoiled and maybe this weeds out the […]
UPDATE 5/8 – You can disregard this entire post since credit card loads for Redbird have died. Actually, this is still valid, but you’ll have to add an intermediary step of buying gift cards using your credit card. Read how here. Okay, for those of you who applied for the AMEX Platinum 150K promo from yesterday, […]
It seems every month, there is a new manufactured spend method. I was using my AMEX old blue cash for a good 6 months before I got shut down. Then I shifted to using my Wells Fargo 5% for 6 months before the promo expired. And now I’m using American Express gift cards as my […]