Need 3,000 Points by end of year! - Rocketmiles??
Dec 2, 2015, 9:57 pm
#1
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Join Date: Nov 2015
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Need 3,000 Points by end of year! - Rocketmiles??
I need to get 3000 more RR points before the year is up for a companion pass.. By the looks of it my easiest option is a rocketmiles hotel... how quick would i get the points? whats the latest date i should book by.
thanks!
thanks!
Dec 3, 2015, 9:24 am
#2
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Location: Chicagoland, IL, USA
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I would do this ASAP.
Plenty of ways for this not to work out, so be prepared to do something else as a backup, like buy $1500 in WN GCs directly from WN, using a Rapid Rewards credit card.
Plenty of ways for this not to work out, so be prepared to do something else as a backup, like buy $1500 in WN GCs directly from WN, using a Rapid Rewards credit card.
Dec 4, 2015, 6:31 am
#3
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Rocketmiles is easy, but I don't have any personal experience with the time it takes for their points to post.
Unless you get a definitive response as to Rocketmiles posting times, I would follow toomanybooks' recommendation if you have a RR Visa. I was going to recommend buying flowers, but I haven't done this since WN switched from Teleflora to 1-800-flowers so I don't know their posting times either.
In any case, whatever you choose, do it as soon as you possibly can!
Unless you get a definitive response as to Rocketmiles posting times, I would follow toomanybooks' recommendation if you have a RR Visa. I was going to recommend buying flowers, but I haven't done this since WN switched from Teleflora to 1-800-flowers so I don't know their posting times either.
In any case, whatever you choose, do it as soon as you possibly can!
Dec 4, 2015, 9:49 pm
#6
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A store can make a refund to the card originally used, or as a store credit (or gift card), but not to a different credit card.
Dec 6, 2015, 9:13 am
#8
Join Date: Nov 2015
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Does Visa spending count toward EQM? I thought they only give 1500 EQM per $10K spending.
Dec 6, 2015, 9:55 am
#10
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WN Visa spend gives both redeemable points and CP-qualifying points. Double in both cases for spend with WN and partners.
It gives 1500 Tier-qualifying points toward A-List/Preferred per $10000 spend, up to 10x annually.
Dec 6, 2015, 11:05 am
#11
Join Date: May 2005
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Agreements or not, Nordstrom has done this for years.
Dec 6, 2015, 11:52 am
#12
Join Date: Oct 2001
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Many others have as well. Generally enforced for security concerns, making sure the original purchaser gets back the funds. A little known (dirty) secret of the industry is that the 3% or so processing fee isn't refunded back with the refund so there is no unearned benefit to the not used original card.
Dec 9, 2015, 2:24 pm
#15
Join Date: Dec 2015
Posts: 624
Same here. Used it 3 or 4 times. Points have posted within 7 days of check out every time.