Originally Posted by
USirritated
Vicki is absolutely right about the time consuming nature of having the cheques tat check out, it is tedious and long, and you must allow about 90+ seconds for each $50 cheque applied (cheques are always in $50 denominations when you order $1,000 worth), so in my example above, considering NINE cheques will be used, allow about 15 extra minutes for check out. Change is never given for cheques used, so for a $495 total folio, use NINE cheques, and pay $45 on credit card, and there is no benefit to using cheques to pay for taxes anyway.
Well, I am a heavy user of these checks also (I am near 100% in converting my points into these) and I have made no such experience at all. Used the cheques yesterday in Orlando, where the FDC saw them, typed on the keyboard for about 10 seconds and then produced a folio that showed the two vouchers (in that case) applied seperately and the remainder of my folio charged to my card. Time to checkout: about 25 seconds. Another property I had recently just stamped "Redeemed" on them and then applied the whole amount of them as one item on the folio named "Gift Cheque redemption".
Similar experience at all other places I have been to - none of those have ever entered the voucher-number while I was there. That said, it shows that the use of these cheques is totally unpredictable in regard to how they are applied (I also remember reports where they are used in a way to reduce the rate and by that the number of points you earn - this has not happened to me also so far) - just one thing is definetly true: There have not been any cases where someone reported he was refused to use the cheques...so for me they are same as cash - just different color.
Greetings - Dirk