I recently opened a NetSpend Prepaid Debit Card account and would appreciate NetSpend credit my account with the {$20.00} referral bonus as part of the Refer-a-Friend program. 

I opened my NetSpend account on XXXX XXXX, 2015, received and activated the prepaid card on XXXX XXXX, and funded the account on XXXX XXXX. Soon after, I received an automated notice that my account is not eligible for the {$20.00} bonus on XXXX XXXX. 

Since then, I have attempted on multiple occasions to contact first-line customer service representatives, as well as the executive office, or " corporate response team '', but I have continued to encounter difficulty as NetSpend has refused to honor the referral bonus despite my meeting the Terms & Conditions of the program. 

The Terms of the referral program state : " A cardholder may receive an unlimited number of Refer-a-Friend rewards while program is available. No rewards credited to either party if referred individual had a NetSpend card that was used for a value load, purchase, cash withdrawal, or incurred a balance inquiry fee at any time during the 180 calendar days before the day the {$40.00} load requirement is fully met. Cardholder-to-cardholder transfers do not count toward the minimum load requirement. Allow 2 business days for {$20.00} credit to appear on each Card Account. " As this is my first NetSpend account, my opening deposit was the first time my account was funded, clearly fulfillng the " no value load ... during the 180 calendar days before the load requirement is met ''. 

In the course of repeated communications with customer service and the " corporate response team '', specifically XXXX XXXX, I was told my opening deposit did not suffice as a value load, so I performed an additional load via mobile check deposit on XXXX XXXX that cleared into my account on XXXX XXXX. 

I would appreciate NetSpend honoring the Refer-a-Friend program in correcting this error and crediting my account with the referral bonus. 
