Meeting Amex BGR Spend
May 17, 2013, 11:31 am
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Meeting Amex BGR Spend
Hi all!
I'm trying to meet 5k spend for the Amex BGR card. Under the offer terms, it states:
Eligible purchases are purchases of goods and services minus returns and other credits, and do not include fees or interest charges, cash advances, purchases of traveler’s checks, purchase or reloading of reloadable pre-paid cards, or purchases of other cash equivalents.
Does "purchases of other cash equivalents" include gift cards? Now that GCM is back for TCB, I'd like to purchase a couple of Visa GCs but obviously will refrain from doing so if Amex views this purchase as against their offer terms and doesn't credit me for the spend.
I'm probably overthinking this but would appreciate input.
Thank you!
I'm trying to meet 5k spend for the Amex BGR card. Under the offer terms, it states:
Eligible purchases are purchases of goods and services minus returns and other credits, and do not include fees or interest charges, cash advances, purchases of traveler’s checks, purchase or reloading of reloadable pre-paid cards, or purchases of other cash equivalents.
Does "purchases of other cash equivalents" include gift cards? Now that GCM is back for TCB, I'd like to purchase a couple of Visa GCs but obviously will refrain from doing so if Amex views this purchase as against their offer terms and doesn't credit me for the spend.
I'm probably overthinking this but would appreciate input.
Thank you!
May 20, 2013, 5:18 am
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May 20, 2013, 9:44 am
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Those two lines have been included in Amex apps for a while now, but I can't remember reading about a single incident where someone reported not getting their points.
Coincidentally, someone else has the same question as you.
Does Amex consider gift cards to be cash equivalents?
People even have been flat out asked if they've been purchasing VR, but Amex hasn't clawed back anything.
Now what you really have to be careful about is what the ever wonderful AlohaDaveKenedy warned you about.
Watch the volume or you'll get a FR.
Coincidentally, someone else has the same question as you.
Does Amex consider gift cards to be cash equivalents?
People even have been flat out asked if they've been purchasing VR, but Amex hasn't clawed back anything.
Now what you really have to be careful about is what the ever wonderful AlohaDaveKenedy warned you about.
Watch the volume or you'll get a FR.