Originally Posted by
rasheed
So issuers are able to opt out of the new benefits?
That is unreal and just contributes to merchants dissatisfaction on card acceptance pricing for these rewards cards.
They always have been. For instance, the CSR doesn't support the $100 Visa Infinite airline discount.
Also, merchants would be opposed to higher tier cards even if those were required to support all the benefits. Their issue is that they're paying
anything at all to run cards, not what their customers get for having said cards.