Back on the 11th I saw this headline on Gary's View from the Wing: You Really Don't Have an American
Express Bluebird Yet?
One of my recent posts explores the differences between the American
Express Bluebird and Redbird (Target Prepaid Redcard) cards for points / miles - earning strategy.
I have previously recommended the prepaid American
Express Bluebird debit card for those high risk transactions and today, I'm looking at the Simple Visa card — let's see how it stacks up!
I have previously recommended prepaid card for travelers to manage the risk of using credit cards in high - fraud countries or transactions, like the American
Express Bluebird or Simple Visa.
I have previously recommended the prepaid American
Express Bluebird debit card for those high risk transactions... Continue reading →
The only strategy that really works for me is manufactured spend using the American
Express Bluebird card for Walmart.
One of the best uses of American
Express Bluebird is to buy Vanilla Reload cards at an Office Depot with your credit card.
You then load your American
Express Bluebird with the Vanilla Reload card and use your Bluebird for transactions for which you don't usually earn miles and points — rent, mortgages, ATM withdrawals, paying bills by checks, etc..
There are many different debit and credit cards which you can use with American
Express Bluebird, so let's take a look at a few different options.
As I wrote yesterday, one of the best uses of American
Express Bluebird is the ability to pay for transactions which can't usually be made with a miles or points earning credit card.
Not exact matches
American
Express has also tried and largely failed (although it still offers its
Bluebird prepaid card with... Walmart).
He'd also look at companies that provide alternatives to issuing debit cards via mobile apps like GoBank, a brand of Green Dot Bank, and American
Express and its
Bluebird accounts.
Bluebird Express: Scenic Chairlift Rides June 28 - September 4 * Wednesdays - Sundays: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. * Bonus Days: Independence Day (Mon July 3.
That equals enough energy to power 180 homes for a year or operate the
Bluebird Express, Mount Snow's six - passenger bubble lift, for three winter seasons.
With Oktoberfest corresponding with peak fall foliage season, the
Bluebird Express will also be open each day of the festival for scenic rides to the summit, where additional German beer and snacks can be found at The Bullwheel.
The Main Base Cam overlooks the bottom of intermediate trail, Exhibition, as well as the main base area near the bottom of
Bluebird Express (Lift 17).
The Summit Cam looks east over Mount Snow's Main Face, with the
Bluebird Express (Lift 17) six - pack bubble lift and the Grand Summit
Express (Lift 11) high speed quad.
Take a scenic ride on the
Bluebird Express to the summit of Mount Snow!
The film also
expresses the underlying theme of isolation: the lone
bluebird, an abandoned child, a small community surrounded by mountains, and a single parent.
What about
Bluebird from American
Express... Smart phone app can deposit checks with the click of a button... no fees... great customer service.
The
Bluebird from American
Express has long been heralded as a top prepaid debit card due to having the least fees and being cheap to keep around.
For example, it usually takes two to three business days for funds to be transferred, according to the
Bluebird American
Express website.
Bluebird is a card issued by American
Express and in partnership with Walmart, and charges has no monthly fees and no costs for activation or inactivity.
If you don't qualify to open a bank account in the United States, a good alternative is the
Bluebird Account by American
Express and Walmart.
For people who use
Bluebird cards to withdraw cash, there's no fee or surcharge for withdrawing cash from American
Express ATMs for only those who have enrolled in direct deposit into the account.
Now for those who are thinking of using prepaid card instead, there's one more alternative to consider: The
Bluebird Prepaid Debit Card, jointly launched by American
Express and Walmart on October 8, 2012.
Powered by a partnership between credit card giant American
Express and super store WalMart,
Bluebird is a financial account that provides an attractive alternative to traditional bank accounts while providing all the conveniences and options of high - tech banking.
If you currently have an American
Express Serve account, you have to cancel your account before applying for a
Bluebird.
Secondly, the
Bluebird does not provide any cash back rewards - meaning that as long as you spend more than $ 595 per month, the American
Express Serve ® Cash Back comes out ahead from a pure value standpoint.
Info about the following cards: American
Express ® Gold Card, Delta Reserve ® Credit Card from American
Express, Platinum Delta SkyMiles ® Credit Card, Starwood Preferred Guest ® Credit Card from American
Express, Hilton Honors Surpass ® Credit Card, American
Express ® Blue Sky, American
Express ® Green Card, The Amex EveryDay ® Preferred Credit Card from American
Express, The Plenti ® Credit Card from Amex, Blue from American
Express ®, Platinum Card ® from American
Express Exclusively for Mercedes - Benz,
Bluebird, Centurion ® Card from American
Express, Hilton Honors American
Express Aspire Card, and Starwood Preferred Guest ® American
Express Luxury Card has been collected independently by ValuePenguin.
Bluebird from American
Express was launched as a way to serve the unbanked community.
Relationships such as that between American
Express and Walmart to release
Bluebird will probably provide the most opportunity since both banks and merchants will want to entice you to use their card.
The
Bluebird from American
Express is very similar.
It's pretty clear that
Bluebird from American
Express isn't a great card to help you earn or redeem miles and points for travel, since it does not earn any kind of points when you make purchases.
Let's dive into what
Bluebird from American
Express offers and see if it can be useful to those who like redeeming miles or points for hotel stays for flights.
Register your eligible American
Express Card or Serve /
Bluebird here Use the same Card to...
Also, you're not eligible for a
Bluebird account if you have Serve from American
Express (a type of digital prepaid account).
In a nutshell,
Bluebird by American
Express is an alternative to a traditional checking account and debit card.
They work well with
Bluebird, the prepaid card that American
Express launched in October with Wal - Mart.
Bluebird by American
Express is a partnership between Amex and Walmart and one of the best prepaid card products out there.
American
Express is in a little bit of trouble right now and, following the loss of the Costco contract, the company appears to be looking very hard at where it is and isn't making money — the recent
Bluebird and Serve shutdowns are one example while recently adding the sign - up bonus restriction to Business Cards is another.
You can learn more about how this works here: Earn Miles and Points with
Bluebird by American
Express.
Info about the following cards: American
Express ® Gold Card, Delta Reserve ® Credit Card from American
Express, Hilton Honors ™ Card from American
Express, Hilton Honors Surpass ® Credit Card, American
Express ® Blue Sky, American
Express ® Green Card, The Amex EveryDay ® Preferred Credit Card from American
Express, The Plenti ® Credit Card from Amex, Blue from American
Express ®, Platinum Card ® from American
Express Exclusively for Mercedes - Benz,
Bluebird, Centurion ® Card from American
Express, and Hilton Honors American
Express Aspire Card has been collected independently by ValuePenguin.
Corporate Cards and all prepaid Card products (other than American
Express Serve ® and
Bluebird ®) are not eligible.
If payment is required in the form of a check, load up your American
Express Serve or
Bluebird and use either Bill Pay or a physical check to send payment to a person or organization.
Similar to
Bluebird, American
Express Serve has the advantage of allowing online credit card loads: $ 200 per day, up to $ 1,000 per month.
Bluebird was formed from a collaboration between American
Express and Walmart.
Bluebird, REDcard, Serve, and Serve with Softcard... These are prepaid reloadable American
Express cards intended to be viable fee - free checking account alternatives.
As you've probably read on every points and miles blog out there, American
Express and Walmart have recently released the
Bluebird card.
... A Modern Story of Hope... In 1948, after enduring years of war, people prayed for peace ever after, as
expressed by this popular wartime song: There'll be
bluebirds over The white cliffs of Dover Tomorrow Just you wait and see There'll be love and laughter And peace ever after Tomorrow