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Old Feb 3, 2024 | 9:26 am
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Originally Posted by nk15
As predicted, it is gone already....

The 3x lasted until 6am EST today last time I checked, I am wondering if any transactions after midnight will count as 3x, as they should...
I added a section to the Wiki to track >1X periods for gc.com.

Originally Posted by roadtriper
Why do companies do these 24 hr. increases in Points? I see quite a few do it! are they tracking/analyzing sales data on that short of a period? Seems like they're just F'ing with us, like a Cat and a Laser pointer!
Probably the same reason why they offer occasional sales. And yes, cat/Laser is a nice analogy I jumped on an Underarmour temporary increase (10X) last week, and they also had shirts I wanted on sale, so I got a pretty good deal.
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