I use prepaid MasterCard to pay at Costco. Usually buy them at a grocery store (500$) + 9.95$ activation fee.
I'm now seeing these new cards: Secure Spend for 7.95$ activation fee.
Anyone ever tried them? What's the catch? Do they have no-use fees? Or monthly fees? Or is it really just the 7.95$ activation?
I would like to send a prepaid gift card (Mastercard/Visa) to a family member living Canada. I am in Europe? What are my options to purchase online? Thanks so much!
How do we gift visa or mastercard giftcards to a friend based in Canada, but the senders are all based abroad (so needs to be done online)
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We are a group of friends that met in grad school, currently spread out across 5 continents.
One of our friend's mom has stage 4 cancer and our friend is traveling back and forth between Toronto and China quite often. We just received work his mom is in her final days.
We want to help our friend with his travel expenses, but he doesn't fly with a particular airline. It's more who is the cheapest at the moment kind of thing. We're figuring out a way how to send money over to him.
Is Paypal the only option we have? Will multiple $300-$500 deposits over a short period of time trigger some sort of hold in his account?