Originally Posted by
pacoman757
Did you do any MS at Simon as part of your min spend? Or was it all at Macerich? Strange because a previous DP said Macerich worked for them.
Welcome to FT, pacoman757. I'm glad to see you're reading the thread so closely. I saw that DP also.
Short answer: Yes, Macerich. Confirmed via chat that is was not "qualified spend" when the purchase was not included in the total qualified spend amount provided by the CSR.
The previous GC spend was on a now closed statement, posted at 1x, and the charge was paid in full. No bonus points were shown as pending.
I suggest if you have Simon Mall spending, you give yourself enough leeway to make the spend organically with time to spare. Perhaps the RAT team is reviewing these manually, or the algorithms are being tuned to grab these purchases as "non-qualifying." Since we've learned of the RAT team, we must assume they are doing their job.
I don't want to drift off topic any further, so I will continue any response in the Amex forum.