Has anybody purchased non-gift card items since 12/28, and even other kinds of gift cards, eg Mastercard, Amazon.com GC, etc, to see if ALL items in store are effected or only MC and Visa gift cards effected?

Especially around the holidays, it is quite legitimate for normal folks to buy gift cards, just in smaller increments; usually $25 - $200. Did anyone go to the cust svc desk and ask if there was a policy change to restrict gas points from MC/Visa GCs? If you only buy one $500 GC at a time, look at your receipts and notice IF no pts post, then go ask cust svc, "why no pts?" No one should look at you like you are a scammer, right?