Originally Posted by
toomanybooks
Well, as I said in the other thread, in theory that will work. In practice, monkeying with statement dates can cause odd behavior by Chase computers, like extra short-month statements on unexpected dates in the early months of the account. A 12/31/16 statement out-of-the-blue might be very unwelcome if you rely on rigid comments some people made about finishing the bonus spend in December after that month's statement has dropped.
I have been watching this for years. I would not count on anything being 100%.
You also cannot count on specific dates anyway. I once went through years of WN Visa statements and found that my drop dates varied from the 13th to the 16th at least. This seemed to be related, but not 100%, to weekends and holidays.
I suppose you are pretty safe if Chase sends you a specific PM about it.
Personally I wouldn't change the statement dates at all, I only mentioned it because you asked about it.
Originally Posted by
toomanybooks
Will changing the credit card drop date (say from 20th to 4th) during the first three months accomplish anything as far as shifting the crediting of points?
As long as the spend by date is in 2017 and the spend is done 1/1/17 and posts before the spend date they are fine
Since a 9/14/16 app was given a 1/6/2017 spend date they have time, on New Years Eve buy $2k in gift cards.