The Offer
- Signup for a new Serve prepaid account and receive a $25 credit after spending $25.
The offer doesn’t show there on the link, but it’s a unique signup link being sent out via email with the $25 offer mentioned in the email.
The Fine Print
- Must sign up for a new Serve account, verify email, activate card, and spend $25 – all before July 31, 2016
- $25 must be spent in a single transaction
- $25 credit will normally post immediately; may take up to 30-days
- Subaccount is not eligible for $25 credit
- New Serve cardholders only
Our Verdict
This offer is being sent out in the email telling us about the shuttering of the Amex for Target prepaid card, suggesting that users switch over to Serve. However, the link in the email appears to be generic and the terms don’t specify that the bonus will only work for AFT cardholders. I suspect that it will work for anyone.
Given that many people have had their Serve/Bluebird accounts frozen, some will try to get a new Serve account to use for sending money or Amex Offers, etc, and this $25 can be an extra few dollars made on the deal. [I have no info on whether it’s possible to open a new Serve account after shutting down the frozen one.]
Note, that this offer won’t work for the OneVIP Serve card, only the main three versions of Blue, Green, and Silver. If you aren’t using this for loading, there isn’t much advantage of OneVIP over Blue Serve, but if you intend to load it in-store, the OneVIP is better as there is no load fee. See Six Different Flavor of Serve and How to Remain Fee-Free for more info.
