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Open Serve: Do 1 of the following:
1) Buy a temporary card. (free in cvs in NJ won’t take cc)($3.95 fee), or
2) Open online. They’ll send you a card. (free)
Note that you COULD have more than one of these: Bluebird (BB), Redcard and serve. 

Loading Serve: Serve does not have any fees to load money.
a) At CVS, 7-11, and Rite Aid ONLY CASH can be loaded.
b) At Walmart GCs …uh Debit Cards (besides Vanilla cards) can be loaded onto Serve just like onto BB. Load limit: $2500/day up to $5000/month
c) At Family Dollar max $499.99/Day, not hard coded, YMMV, Cash or Debit/Gift Card.
WARNING: There are reports of debit cards being drained at FD, and not loading onto Serve, so FD is not recommended.
d) An Amex CC of the serve cardholder can be linked and used to fund your Serve ONLINE. Load limit: $200 per day/$1000 per month
Amex cc loads are not considered cash advance. They DO NOT earn points, or count towards a spending threshold.
e) Debit Cards linked to Serve: $200/day up to 1000/month ONLINE.  But only a permanent DC with your name on it. (NOT GCs)

So your total loading limit per month, if using all 3 methods is $7K.

-Serve has a $1 monthly inactivity fee (waived in VA, NY and TX) that is waived if you use Direct Deposit OR add $500.
-If Serve has a bonus for using direct deposit, use AP.

Using the funds on Serve:
-Free ATM use/withdrawal at MoneyPass ATMs. $2 elsewhere.
-Serve has a Bill Pay feature – same as BB.  You tell them who to pay, and they send a check for you.  You can pay up to 5k of unregistered billers, but 10K of registered ones (registered= those on their bill pay list). Pay your Credit Cards bills as well as many other bills or any person!
WARNING: Do not use the bill pay feature to pay the Credit Card that is linked for online loads.
-money in your Serve account can be withdrawn directly to a linked bank account, which, if done too much, may be seen as risky by Serve, but in moderation should be fine.
Withdraw to your bank https://secure.serve.com/Actions/WithdrawMoney

Make sure the name, address and phone number on your profile match your credit card billing address, or you may get declined.  When linking your credit card at serve.com, the website will only show you the address on your profile, but not the phone number, so this is easy to overlook.  Go to profile, and check/update your phone number there.

Error likely with the Serve account:
When you create a new account and add a credit card, you will be allowed to do the first transaction. After that, your account will probably go into system lockdown until you verify some information. Likely error message for this case is "Risk declined operation" when you try to add money on to the account. You will need to send in (online, fax or mail) a photo ID and a copy of your credit card or statement. Upload your documents here -
https://secure.serve.com/User/SecureFileUpload. Then Call up AMEX Account Protection Services at 1-800-555-4318 and tell them you uploaded the documents and ask them to verify it for you.
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Re: Amex Serve.com
« Reply #900 on: July 31, 2014, 11:04:35 AM »
I closed BB at 3pm. Opened Serve via ISIS at 11:55 pm. Got $50.00 credit. Wooohooo!

so i'm signing up for Serve though ISIS and its bringing me to the mobile site (not through the app).. Am i doing something wrong?
Doesn't these 2 contradict?
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Re: Amex Serve.com
« Reply #901 on: July 31, 2014, 11:12:16 AM »
Doesn't these 2 contradict?
No. ISIS takes you to the serve mobile website.

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Re: Amex Serve.com
« Reply #902 on: July 31, 2014, 11:15:24 AM »
No. ISIS takes you to the serve mobile website.
thanx. figured it out

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Re: Amex Serve.com
« Reply #903 on: July 31, 2014, 11:21:48 AM »
Can anyone confirm that funding from a barclay card ISN'T cash advance? i called barclay to set my cash advance to 0 and they wouldnt do it

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Re: Amex Serve.com
« Reply #904 on: July 31, 2014, 11:23:22 AM »
Can anyone confirm that funding from a barclay card ISN'T cash advance? i called barclay to set my cash advance to 0 and they wouldnt do it

i did M&M and it posted as a regular charge.

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Re: Amex Serve.com
« Reply #905 on: July 31, 2014, 11:24:33 AM »
Does amex shut people down for making serve payments to an amex credit card?
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Re: Amex Serve.com
« Reply #906 on: July 31, 2014, 11:56:19 AM »
Can I have serve and my spouse also one ?

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Re: Amex Serve.com
« Reply #907 on: July 31, 2014, 11:56:49 AM »
Can I have serve and my spouse also one ?
Sure!
Or one of you can have BB to diversify. Whatever you want.
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Re: Amex Serve.com
« Reply #908 on: July 31, 2014, 12:02:15 PM »
i did M&M and it posted as a regular charge.
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Re: Amex Serve.com
« Reply #909 on: July 31, 2014, 12:22:32 PM »
so if I cant get ISIS should I just go for it online ? what u guys think

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« Reply #910 on: July 31, 2014, 12:23:51 PM »
so if I cant get ISIS should I just go for it online ? what u guys think
If you can't get ISIS I'd buy it at CVS to waive the $3.95 fee
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Re: Amex Serve.com
« Reply #911 on: July 31, 2014, 12:46:29 PM »
If you can't get ISIS I'd buy it at CVS to waive the $3.95 fee
what do u mean waive? if I order online there is no 3.95 fee

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« Reply #912 on: July 31, 2014, 12:49:35 PM »
what do u mean waive? if I order online there is no 3.95 fee
ok sounds good.
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Re: Amex Serve.com
« Reply #913 on: July 31, 2014, 01:32:17 PM »
Eagerly waiting for the new month so I can load 5K again on BB and then close it to open Serve :)

I just have some questions (most of my previous questions were answered earlier):

1. I am AU on wife's Southwest card, both cards have the same number and 3 digit code. Is it ok to link both wife and my Serve accounts with SW card for the purpose of online loading? Reason I want to do that is I am working towards CP for next year, and need to do most of MS on this card.

2. It has been mentioned that it is not a good idea (may be against the terms) to pay CC bill using Serve that has been set up for online loading. Let's say I use the SW card (Q 1) for online loading ($1000 only), and I also use the same card to buy GC to eventually load on to Serve. Thus, my total bill for the month will be 6000 (talking about 1  serve only, or 12,000 for both Serves). Is it still a no-no to pay this SW card using Serve? Reason is I only added 1000 online, rest was spent in store, and that can be for anything :)

3. Is it a good idea to have my wife and kid as AU on my Serve, and for myself and kid to be AU on my wife's serve (purely for AMEX offers)? Any issues that I need to be aware of?

Thanks.

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Re: Amex Serve.com
« Reply #914 on: July 31, 2014, 02:04:29 PM »
Does amex shut people down for making serve payments to an amex credit card?

I've been doing it for months without issue.

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Re: Amex Serve.com
« Reply #915 on: July 31, 2014, 02:59:27 PM »
One more question (for now, I promise :) )

I saw at my CVS couple of days ago that there are no purchase fees for Serve (I will check it again later today). If that's the case, is there any advantage/disadvantage of getting Serve card at CVS?

Edit: Just checked a CVS..apparently Serve has no purchase fees. But, it seems to me that it is a temporary card, and one need to wait for permanent card in the mail. Then, why buy it in the first place?
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Re: Amex Serve.com
« Reply #916 on: July 31, 2014, 03:21:56 PM »
Serve claims that my cell number is already registered with an other account ???

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« Reply #917 on: July 31, 2014, 03:55:16 PM »
One more question (for now, I promise :) )

I saw at my CVS couple of days ago that there are no purchase fees for Serve (I will check it again later today). If that's the case, is there any advantage/disadvantage of getting Serve card at CVS?

Edit: Just checked a CVS..apparently Serve has no purchase fees. But, it seems to me that it is a temporary card, and one need to wait for permanent card in the mail. Then, why buy it in the first place?
I thought they don't take CC for serve anymore?

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Re: Amex Serve.com
« Reply #918 on: July 31, 2014, 04:11:11 PM »
Oh I didnt try to buy it, so dont know if they allow CC or not. Anyhow, what's the advantage of getting a temp card, except may be getting couple of miles (if they allow CC to purchase it).

I thought they don't take CC for serve anymore?

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Re: Amex Serve.com
« Reply #919 on: July 31, 2014, 04:21:34 PM »
Oh I didnt try to buy it, so dont know if they allow CC or not. Anyhow, what's the advantage of getting a temp card, except may be getting couple of miles (if they allow CC to purchase it).

With a temp card, you can start using your account right away, otherwise you have to wait till it comes in the mail.