Report from tonight in Pittsburgh:
Well, interestingly enough, for the first time I was explicitly turned down to do the FT method. CS told me she would not do it that way. Seemed like she knew exactly what I was asking for and had been debriefed. She did however load 1000, 1000, 500 in three transactions which is the most important thing.
I went to a regular cashier after that to load my wife's card. He also flatly refused to do FT method as if he had been told specifically what it is and not to do it. He had no problem doing separate swipes though.