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Jan 5, 2017 | 11:38 am

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Originally Posted by st1575

... NY EZPass auto-replenishment load just posted as travel on my CSP. Charge was made on January 1.

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Originally Posted by Mary2e

Hmmmm... I used my tag a lot (for me now) in Dec and manually reloaded it in Dec to test if it would work and it did. I got 3x plus the travel credit.

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Originally Posted by monet33

Hi @Mary2e, what do you mean by manually reloaded? I did a one time payment with my new card by entering in the new number and I also got charged as government service on my fastrak metro express lane toll here in southern california. Chase would not change it or anything yet. Did you get credit for travel?

st1575 and Mary2e are in New York. Their experience isn't directly relevant to your transit system in California. It is the merchant account used by fastrak that is the problem. If their acquirer set it up with a Government Services classification there isn't anything that they or Chase will do about it. Chase might make a one-time goodwill adjustment for you, but not ongoing. This is true of ALL category based bonuses. The card issuer does not control the merchant's account classification.

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