It had been a quiet period for a while there for those with Serve and Bluebird cards. I was shut down myself back in 2017, along with most others. That’s when we saw back to back shutdown. But after that, it was smooth sailing until May 2019. Now it seems there’s a new round of emails, telling people that their cards have been frozen.
It’s been a while since the last time I wrote about Bluebird and Serve cards. My own cards were shutdown a few years ago. Now it seems there’s a new round of emails, telling people that their cards have been frozen. Here’s the text of the email: We are writing to let you know that…
If you have a Amex Serve card, then there’s some upcoming changes that you might need to know about. Starting in April, American Express Credit Cards will no longer be accepted as a Payment Funding Source for Backup Funding on your American Express Serve Account. Here’s the text of the email that was sent out:…
GET A $15 BONUS When you purchase any New Serve Card at Dollar General® and register your Card online by 2/28/19.
I couldn’t remember the last time I wrote about Bluebird and Serve cards, so I searched and apparently it was back in August of 2016. My own cards were shutdown a few months earlier, same as many others. Now it seems there’s a new round of emails, telling people that their cards have been frozen.…
If you’ve just entered the MS world in the last few months, you probably don’t know what Serve and Bluebird is. It’s now part of the “good old times”. But there’s actually some more people out there that still have those cards and Amex is apparently still going after them. After three rounds of shutdowns,…
After playing mean for most of 2016, Amex has started to play nice for the few people left who still have their prepaid products. We always had to make the tough choice previously when picking one of their products since you could only have one Bluebird, Serve or Redbird per social security number. Now Amex has…
You probably heard about the Bluebird/Serve shutdowns in early January and the second round in early March. Well here’s the third round of shutdown and it look like it will be a monthly affair from now on. Today there’s a new wave of emails telling people that the loading capabilities on their cards have been…
You probably heard about the Bluebird/Serve shutdowns in early January and most likely were affected by it. For a while it looked like Amex eased down and wasn’t shutting down anymore cards. We all suspected that a second round would come, and it has. Today there’s a new wave of emails telling people that the…
American Express Serve has joined forces with Dollar General and Rite Aid to expand its Free Cash Reload network as per this press release, allowing eligible Account holders to add cash to their cards for free at thousands of additional locations around the country. With this move, American Express continues to have the largest Free Cash…
If you were targeted for this offer, you can get a $10 account credit after you use your Serve or Bluebird Card to pay two of your cell phone bills (minimum $35 each) directly on your cellular provider’s website. People that were targeted should have received an email with the offer.
The Fidelity® Investment Rewards® American Express® Card issued by Bank of America now has a $50 sign up bonus. The bonus itself is nothing to write about, but it is a nice addition to a card that already comes with some great benefits. And, it has no annual fee. You will receive a 5,000 ($50) point signup bonus…
If you have Serve/Bluebird then you probably already know that you can take advantage of multiple Amex Offers, adding them to your Serve/Bluebird card either through Twitter sync or mobile app. But now you can also add the offers in the online account, the same way you can add them to your Amex cards, when logging…
AMEX Serve is sending out an email with a new promotion that came out today in which Serve users can earn 10 cents per swipe until April 30th. You should be able to receive the offer even if you weren’t targeted by email. Time to go shopping! For a limited time, you can get 10…
Amex Serve won’t allow anymore loads online using a credit card issued by Visa, MasterCard and Discoverstarting on April 16th. They added the following wording to their terms. Starting April 16, 2015 you will only be able to use an American Express® Card if you want to load your account with a credit card. Discover, MasterCard and Visa…
We talked about the Softcard shut down and many were probably wondering about the fate of their AmEx Serve Cards. American Express has answered that question and you don’t need to wories as there are no changes coming to your Serve. You may have seen the recent announcement that the Softcard app is being discontinued.…
Just as we thought, the problems with REDbird, Bluebird & Serve were just technical issues on the Amex end. I reported earlier of the problems that started yesterday in the afternoon. Now everything seems back to normal. I called CS around 10:20AM ET and was told that service would be back within a few hours, but I…
UPDATE 4 (10:38 AM ET) Bluebird account started working online as well. I successfully logged in two accounts. It seems like the online problems have been fixed much faster than I was told over the phone. UPDATE 3 (10:30 AM ET) I just successfully logged in my REDcard account. Still can’t log in my Bluebird…
Another Guide to Bluebird, Serve, Softserve and Target Redcard. Lots of useful info if you’re not familiar with these cards.
Great read at FrequentMiler regarding the AMEX Serve, Bluebird and REDcard. These are prepaid reloadable American Express cards intended to be viable fee-free checking account alternatives. Even better, they are all good choices for those who primarily want to earn miles and points. The problem is… each person can have only one. Read More for some…