I've been making big monthly (ahem... alimony) purchases on my Chase card to get extra RR points, and realized today they're not adding up as quickly as I expected. After some digging, I found that even though the cards are advertised as 1 point per dollar, Chase actually awards 1 point per TWO dollars, effectively cutting the points in half. Here are some screenshots:
Here's the card offer showing 1 point per $1 across all cards (note that it's branded, but actually on the Chase website):
BUT... here's the "How we calculate points" explanation from inside the Chase site:
Input?