Originally Posted by
Critterlynn
Are you sure about that? Not that I would want to take the chance, but in my experience the bonus will not be triggered for about 5 to 7 days after the final qualifying purchase has posted to the account. In the case of a charge that was immediately reversed, I have never had one post.
I have been following this stuff daily for 10 years.
Go back and look at relevant posts from the end of the last few years. People have messed this up in about 15 different ways.
We even had a guy whose card number was stolen by a cab driver who charged it up. Even though the charges were reversed, the bonus triggered in December.
The process seems to be computerized and automatic and not amenable to human intervention/reversal.