<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Marathon Man:
I guess that is sort of like the whole bank of america money order thing... It stopped being able to be done all of a sudden.
I called and asked the CS dept. of that bank to see why they stopped letting miles be earned when you buy a money order. On numerous occasions, I was told that the bank never intended on doing that or allowing it, so they stopped it. They said they found a way to tag each transaction and were looking for anything USPS to make a determination as to whether or not a person bought stamps or something, or just a money order with the PIN card. They said the money order purchases would no longer earn people any miles but would not quantify exactly how and why this was the new rule. Their terms never said anything about it NOT being allowed and they still have nothing saying you cannot do this or why, but yet, it just stopped. No definitive answer and no real reasons.
However, they did say (and I quote low level CS on this one) "We don't want people to earn THAT MANY miles!..."
Hmmm, that's kinda weird too, don't you think?
Merchants, and banks and airlines, it seems, can do anything they want at any time. SO be it. So can we.
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Only question I have is when you have a combination purchase (you bought a couple of stamps with you're $1,000 money order) does the bank exactly know what you purchased, as to give credit for some, but not all of the transaction?
As far as returning merchandise for cash, I did get about $100 back by check from my dentist for some dental work I paid by credit card. After my insurance payment, I ended up over-paying. Not the easiest way to earn some free miles (going under the drill) but is possible.