Originally Posted by
uppereastsider
To add another DP for earning points with Square - went to El Porron on 1st ave, paid on Square system (groaned when I first saw it), but is displaying as 4x earned. When you click on it on the website, it also lets you see the receipt, including tip/tax.
There's been a few non points oddities - my local bar is a "restaurant - bar & cafe", but earns 1x, while the bar next door codes as 4x. Both code as 3x on my CSR. Local german and local asian grocery store count as 1x despite being labelled as groceries, but the corner independent / small grocery store does code as 4x. Just need to be vigilant and whenever in doubt, just use a CSR.
One local ethnic grocer is coded correctly by Chase Freedom (5x on quarterly bonus) and by TD cash reward (2x) but always 1x at AMEX despite it shows as grocery on every description. So now I try to remember to use TD instead. TD also earns worldwide without forex fee.
I just cannot understand why Visa coded it correctly while AMEX could not. (yes I understand the 2 payment networks are independent - but the grocer shows up as grocery store in every area of the transaction description on AMEX!)