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Author Topic: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!  (Read 1738060 times)

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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #960 on: April 23, 2013, 05:05:34 PM »
Can Amex BC or BCP be converted into MR points?
NAFAIK
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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #961 on: April 23, 2013, 05:13:20 PM »
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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #962 on: April 23, 2013, 05:40:37 PM »
Only on DDF does 24/6 mean 24/5/half/half

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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #963 on: April 23, 2013, 05:54:11 PM »
I like Dan's answer better. It still gives me hope.
Dan's NAFAIK is as good as our 'No'.

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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #964 on: April 23, 2013, 05:58:00 PM »
Dan's NAFAIK is as good as our 'No'.
Yes but not the same. It reminds of the discussion about...  :)
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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #965 on: April 23, 2013, 06:08:05 PM »
Yes but not the same. It reminds of the discussion about...  :)
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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #968 on: April 23, 2013, 06:34:00 PM »
What happened to your גרא avatar?
Causing too much chasid/misnagid tensions ;)
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Causing too much chasid/misnagid tensions ;)
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HELP with loading BB card from gift cards
« Reply #970 on: April 23, 2013, 10:50:05 PM »
Ok, I really apologize. I'm more than a newby, I totally green.  I posted this somewhere else in another area, but I'll probably get more help in this forum.  I'm sorry in advance for repeating the post.

Chicago/Skokie/Lincolnwood area: I received my Bluebird card yesterday in the mail. Today I went to Office Max to buy some gift cards. I was just about to go to town and buy a whole boatload of them ($1000)for various stores that I don’t usually frequent. At the last minute, I decided to be conservative and buy something that I could use in case it didn’t work. I bought two $50 gift cards for Bed Bath & Beyond. I went to my local Walmart. I went to 3 cashiers, the manager of Customer Service, and the assistant manager of Customer Service. NONE of them have ever heard about being able to transfer gift cards onto a Bluebird card. I’m not worried about the gift cards because I can use them, but now what do I do about loading my BB card with the gift cards?  Help!

If I tell the cashier to use the pin # on the back of the GC, will it then work as a debit card and then I'll be able to load my BB card?  Can I do this myself from the ATM machine?   

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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #971 on: April 23, 2013, 11:26:14 PM »
Um, i never heard of loading store gc on to bluebird, only visa (or other prepaid bank gc)
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Re: HELP with loading BB card from gift cards
« Reply #972 on: April 24, 2013, 12:56:11 AM »
Ok, I really apologize. I'm more than a newby, I totally green.  I posted this somewhere else in another area, but I'll probably get more help in this forum.  I'm sorry in advance for repeating the post.

Chicago/Skokie/Lincolnwood area: I received my Bluebird card yesterday in the mail. Today I went to Office Max to buy some gift cards. I was just about to go to town and buy a whole boatload of them ($1000)for various stores that I don’t usually frequent. At the last minute, I decided to be conservative and buy something that I could use in case it didn’t work. I bought two $50 gift cards for Bed Bath & Beyond. I went to my local Walmart. I went to 3 cashiers, the manager of Customer Service, and the assistant manager of Customer Service. NONE of them have ever heard about being able to transfer gift cards onto a Bluebird card. I’m not worried about the gift cards because I can use them, but now what do I do about loading my BB card with the gift cards?  Help!

If I tell the cashier to use the pin # on the back of the GC, will it then work as a debit card and then I'll be able to load my BB card?  Can I do this myself from the ATM machine?

You can only load Vanilla reloads or Visa gift cards on to Bluebird, NOT store gift cards.
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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #973 on: April 24, 2013, 09:35:16 AM »
Can Avios be used on AA for LAX-HNL?
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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
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Can Avios be used on AA for LAX-HNL?
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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #975 on: April 24, 2013, 10:13:23 AM »
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TY. Can I search on BA. Nothing is showing up.
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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #976 on: April 24, 2013, 10:16:50 AM »
my wife just got an invitation toget the Amex plat with 100,000 bonus points/
what is the best way to take advantage of all the benefits of the Plat- $200 airline credit etc.? without paying the full annual fee?
also how much can i sell the points for when i get them?

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Re: Questions and Help for BEGINNERS!
« Reply #977 on: April 24, 2013, 10:17:46 AM »
Don't forget about global entry

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TY. Can I search on BA. Nothing is showing up.
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Re: HELP with loading BB card from gift cards
« Reply #979 on: April 24, 2013, 10:35:22 AM »
You can only load Vanilla reloads or Visa gift cards on to Bluebird, NOT store gift cards.

If you go to the post "Having Fun Cashing Out Gift Cards" in the archives, it shoes a board with lots of different gift cards for many different stores.  It doesn't say anything about just Visa/MC gift cards.  Visa cards cost $5.95 service fee for $50 and go up from there in the Chicago area. 

I obviously misinterpreted this to mean "thousands of dollars in gift cards" to mean only CC gift cards.  Correct?