Originally Posted by
hailstorm
The place where I used my Ritz-Carlton card was a restaurant within a Ritz-Carlton. But because I was not
staying at the Ritz-Carlton at the time, the purchase is classified as "Non Ritz-Carlton purchase", so it only earned one point per dollar spent. It probably mentions this somewhere in the fine print, but I still plan on calling in to complain about this misleading advertising.

After putting in a claim on the charge, I was eventually awarded bonus points to bring the total to 5% of my Ritz-Carlton restaurant purchase. So once again, the squeaky wheel gets the grease!