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Old Nov 14, 2017 | 6:35 pm
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Originally Posted by dordal
Added this to the wiki, but it seems only Mileage Plus X purchases that are actually travel count:

- MPX Uber Gift Card: WORKED
- MPX Amazon Gift Card: Didn't work
- MPX eBay Gift Card: Didn't work

A little bit surprised, but they must be coding the transactions differently when they send to Chase.
When using Chase cards (or perhaps it's VISA cards), the merchant code for the underlying vendor is what gets the bonus. It doesn't code as United.
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