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How to Manage an American Express Serve Subaccount

Serve allows you to add authorized users to your account (called sub accounts) where you can fund the sub account and monitor their transactions.  Before you start creating sub accounts, please read the FAQ page (link); here is a good summary of what you can and cannot do with a Serve sub account:

Serve Sub Account Allowed Activities

Ideally, Serve sub accounts are perfect for parents with children.  To add a sub account to your Serve account, click the Plan & Manage tab and click Sub Accounts.  Then click the Create a Sub Account button.

Create Serve Sub Account

Fill in the sub account owner’s personal information, check the terms and conditions box at the bottom, and click Create.

Add a Serve Sub Account

Congratulations, your sub account has been created and a new Serve Card is coming your way.

Serve Sub Account Created

You can adjust all sub account settings from your account.

Serve Sub Account Settings 1 Serve Sub Account Settings 2 Serve Sub Account Settings 3 Serve Sub Account Settings 4

You can monitor the sub account’s transactions by clicking the Plan & Manage tab, then Sub Accounts, then View Activity.

Manage Serve Sub Account

If there is any activity in the sub account, you will see it all here.

Serve Sub Account Activity

You can transfer funds to the sub account from your Serve account.

Transfer Funds to Serve Sub Account

You can also reclaim funds from the sub account to your Serve account.  This is a great feature for parents who want to reward/punish their children for doing/not doing chores…

Reclaim Funds from Serve Sub Account

From inside the sub account (a new login for the sub account is required), you have limited options and features.

Serve Sub Account Home

The sub account cannot add money to their account, cannot pay bills, cannot set up direct deposit, and cannot view statements.  Pretty much the only thing you can do is use the card for shopping or ATM withdrawals (if the main Serve account allows you).

Serve Sub Account Settings

If you want to learn more about Serve sub accounts, please read the FAQ page (link).  Here is a good summary of what you can and cannot do with a Serve sub account:

Serve Sub Account Allowed Activities

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

Random News: Last Day for AMEX $10 Statement Credit, iPhone 6/Plus Cases, Friday’s App-O-Rama Results, and Hang-Up-Call-Again Success Story

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Random News: Last Day for AMEX $10 Statement Credit, iPhone 6/Plus Cases, Friday’s App-O-Rama Results, and Hang-Up-Call-Again Success Story

Good afternoon everyone, I hope your weekend is off to a great start.  I had the pleasure of meeting a blog reader (and hopefully a future blog reader) for coffee in Oceanside this morning to talk miles and points.

Let’s get to the random news, shall we?

Sorry for the late notice, but today is the last day to take advantage of the $10 AMEX Serve Statement Credit After Making 5 $10+ Purchases.  You must make 5 purchases of $10 or more with your Serve Card between August 15 and today.  The statement credit posts after a few days of making the qualifying purchases.

Serve $10 Statement Credit 5 $10 Purchases

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Chime Card Loading Fees Coming October 8, Serve Card Cash Advance Fees?, Clarifying the Citi Hilton HHonors Reserve Free Weekend Night Certificate, and AMEX Offers for Hilton Hotels and USA Today

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Chime Card Loading Fees Coming October 8, Serve Card Cash Advance Fees?, Clarifying the Citi Hilton HHonors Reserve Free Weekend Night Certificate, and AMEX Offers for Hilton Hotels and USA Today

Good evening everyone!  Thank you to those of you who emailed me earlier today alerting me about changes to the Chime Card.  Beginning on October 8, there *may* be a 3% fee to use certain debit cards to load to your Chime Card.

Chime October 8 Fee Increase

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3 $10 Amazon eGift Card Giveaway – Tell me your Labor Day Weekend Plans

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3 $10 Amazon eGift Card Giveaway – Tell me your Labor Day Weekend Plans

In honor of Labor Day and the upcoming 3 day weekend, I wanted to thank those of you who have been using my Amazon affiliate link to shop on Amazon.  All you have to do is click the button on the right side of this page and you will be redirected to Amazon.  I really appreciate your support and encourage your shopping addition.

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In other news, if you have a Serve Card, you probably received the following offer this afternoon.  After you make 5 purchases of $10 or more with your Serve Card, you will receive a $10 statement credit.  If you work this right, that is a 20% discount on practically anything you buy.

Serve 5 $10 Offer

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