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Late last year I opened up a second serve card. \u00a0I hadn’t used it at all so I avoided the first wave of shutdowns that occurred on January 8th. \u00a0After that blood bath I decided to stay low and not use it and see how the dust settled with people who survived. \u00a0Then the second wave of shutdowns hit the beginning of March. \u00a0After that I thought to myself, screw it. \u00a0I had just applied for some cards and had some minimum spends to meet so I started using it. \u00a0Today I just shut it down.<\/p>\n

The reason is probably obvious, right? \u00a0Granted, the sample size is pretty small but thus far we have seen two big waves of shut downs January and March, so is another due in May? \u00a0(Read flyertalk thread here<\/a>). \u00a0Flyertalk also reports some shut downs occurred on April 12. \u00a0In all likelihood there is not a pattern of massive shutdowns. \u00a0At this point the vast majority of us have been cut off so I doubt there are the numbers left to support reporting of a “third wave” if it indeed comes this month. \u00a0Just in case though, I shut down my Serve card.<\/p>\n

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The other reason I shut it down is Amex added a load fee to my particular brand of Serve card so it was pretty much useless to me anyway. \u00a0I only used it in a pinch to meet minimum spends. \u00a0My plan moving forward is to open up a bluebird assuming I do not get a shut down email in the next week or so.<\/p>\n

Also worth mentioning, Doctor Of Credit<\/a> is reporting that you can now have open simultaneously BlueBird, Serve, and RedCard. \u00a0I will probably open up both a new serve without the load fee and a new blue bird, hit it hard for 30 days and then shut them both down again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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