MilesBuzz! - any credit caard have checkwritting that can earn miles/points?

looking for a credit card I can pay bills by check but is regarded as a purchase earning points.
There was a bank i used that did it for but stopped about a year ago

Do you have a short list of mileage programs you want this to happen for, or will just any miles do?

any program will be fine
the hardest part is finding a bank that will allow mileage/point credit for purchases done by check

united national(now united trust) in NJ allowed it untill a year or so ago

I think that another issue is that most banks treat check-writing as a cash advance so you may be subject to a fee and immediate interest accrual. It would be nice to find a mileage earning card that does not regardless of what type of miles are earned.

Good luck finding one. If such a card existed, anyone could get unlimited miles by simply writing checks to themselves!

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Sig:
Good luck finding one. If such a card existed, anyone could get unlimited miles by simply writing checks to themselves!</font>

Some time ago, First USA had a card with Sportmart, where you earned gift certs for sporting goods. The convenience checks earned points, and had no transaction fees or interest (if paid off in full). I wrote checks to an interest bearing account, and then used that account to pay off the bill. I got hundreds of dollars of sporting goods every month.

I was bummed when Sportmart dropped out.

Before FlyerTalk debuted, eh, VolleyballFerd?

To think that we all missed out on this one! http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/wink.gif

Maybe next time! http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

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Yes - and it was too bad, because I told lots of friends, even bought them lots of free stuff at Sportmart - and told them how to do it - but none of them ever signed up and did it. I know there would have been a lot of FTers who would have jumped on it.

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">I told lots of friends, even bought them lots of free stuff at Sportmart - and told them how to do it - but none of them ever signed up and did it. [/B]</font>

Happens to me all the time. People ask how I get so much free stuff, but when I tell them it's always "too much trouble."