Monthly Archives: October 2013

Send Money from Bluebird

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Send Money from your Bluebird Account to Another

To send money from one Bluebird account to another Bluebird account, log into your Bluebird account and click the Send Money button.

Bluebird Send Money

Enter their email address or phone number into the top box.

Bluebird Enter Email Address

Enter the amount you want to send.  Feel free to specify how often you want to transfer money or when you want the money to be sent.  If you have too much money, feel free to send some to me :)

Bluebird How Much to Send

For verification, you will need to enter your Bluebird PIN into the box on the right side,  After entering your PIN, the Submit button will turn green, then click that button.

Bluebird Review Transaction to Send Money

Your Bluebird payment has just been sent.

Bluebird Payment Sent Successfully

Your Bluebird payment will show as pending until they accept your payment.

Bluebird Pending Receipt

They will receive an email with a link to click.  The link takes them to the Bluebird log in screen where they can log into their Bluebird account.

Bluebird Email to Claim Payment

Once logged in, they will need to click the link next to the Bluebird payment.

Dad's Bluebird Account

All they have to do is click the Accept Transaction button and the money will be deposited into their Bluebird account and immediately deducted from your Bluebird account.

Accept Bluebird Payment

Bluebird money has been accepted.

Confirmation Payment Accepted

A confirmation email to their email address.

Dad Payment Accepted

A confirmation email to your email address.

Grant Payment Accepted

Their Bluebird account shows their updated Bluebird balance.

Payment Received and Posted to Bluebird

Your Bluebird account shows your updated Bluebird balance.

Grant's Bluebird Account Updated

If you have any questions, please leave a comment below.

Save 1,000+ Southwest Airlines Rapid Reward Points by Rebooking Flights

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Save 1,000+ Southwest Airlines Rapid Reward Points by Rebooking Flights

Currently Southwest Airlines has a flight sale – a GREAT SALE!  If you booked SWA flights between December 4 – 18, 2013 and January 7 – February 12, 2014 you should rebook and save a few hundred or thousand Rapid Reward Points.

SWA Sale 10-8-13

I was able to find my SNA to SFO flight for 2,820 SWA RR points one way, a decrease of 1,860 SWA RR points.  1,860 SWA RR points x 1.67 cents per point = $31.06 savings.

Save SWA Points Rebooking

Here is the updated reservation with new SWA RR point balance.

SNA-SFO Flight

My SWA RR points balance was 38,367 points before rebooking.

Current SWA Balance

My new SWA RR points balance is now 40,227 after rebooking.

New SWA Balance

I had about 5 other SWA reservations that I was able to rebook and save 1,000+ SWA RR points.  If you have any questions, please leave a comment below.

Cash Back Loading Bluebird w/ Debit Card Online

Updated 2/20/14 at 9PM PST: Updated this post with new graphics since Bluebird recently made changes to its bill payment process.

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Cash Back Loading Bluebird with Debit Card Online

A few days ago, Bluebird sent out an email to their cardholders alerting them that Bluebird would no longer charge $2.00 per online debit card reload.

Along with the normal $5,000 monthly reload that Bluebird allows with Vanilla Reload Cards and Walmart reloads, Bluebird also has a $1,000 monthly reload limit on top of that for allowing debit cards reloads online.  However, Bluebird only allows $100 per day for debit card reloads online.

Here is a copy of the email from Bluebird:

BB Update Debit Card

My mind immediately started thinking of ways to take advantage of the offer and I remembered that my PayPal Debit Card earns 1.5% cash back on all non-PIN transactions.  I am “grandfathered in” at the 1.5% cash back rate, which has been lowered to the current 1% cash back level.  If you have a PayPal business or premier account, you can request your free PayPal Debit Card here.

PayPal Debit Card Info

My current PayPal balance is $136.37, so I can try a $100 Bluebird reload.

Current PayPal Balance

After logging into your Bluebird account, click the Pay & Transfer tab and the Add Funds link.

Bluebird Add Funds 1

If you do not have a bank account or debit card linked to your Bluebird account, click the Add New Source button.

Bluebird Add Funds 2

Then add your bank account and/or debit card to your Bluebird account.

Bluebird Add Funds 3

After adding your debit card, go back to the Add Funds page, enter any amount up to $100.00, select your debit card as the funding source, and click review.

Bluebird Add Funds 4

Verify the amount of funds you want to add to your account and click submit.

Bluebird Add Funds 5

Congratulations, you successfully added funds to your Bluebird account.

Bluebird Add Funds 6

Back at your Bluebird home page, you can see your updated Bluebird balance and view the details of your recent transaction.

Bluebird Add Funds 7

You will also receive an email from Bluebird with your transaction details.

Bluebird Add Funds 8

Meanwhile, back at PayPal, my account balance decreased by $100.00.

Updated PayPal Balance

$100.00 was immediately removed from my PayPal account.

PayPal Transaction

Here are the transaction details.

PayPal Transaction Details

To view your PayPal Debit Card cash back summary, click on the My Account Tab, then the Profile tab, then the My Money tab, and the Update link next to your PayPal Debit Card.

PayPal Debit Card Account Location

If you have any questions, please leave a comment below.

Guayaquil, Ecuador to Irvine, CA in 16 Hours on 4 Flights

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Guayaquil, Ecuador to Irvine, CA in 16 Hours on 4 Flights

Greetings from Guayaquil, Ecuador!  I am on my way back from the Galapagos Islands and Guayaquil is the only city that flies to/from the Galapagos.  Currently, I am staying at the Sheraton Guayaquil Hotel (hotel review and pictures to come shortly) on cash and points (3,500 SPG points + $55 = 4.14 cpp).

GYE SPG

My 16 hour journey begins at 7am tomorrow morning, flies through Miami, Tampa, Phoenix, and lands in Orange County, CA (SNA) at 9pm tomorrow night.

4 Flights

In case you were wondering, Guayaquil is in the Central Time Zone and is 2 hours behind the Pacific Time Zone.

GYE to SNA

I have a lot of info and some beautiful pictures to share.  Stay tuned for more to come.

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