What counts as Travel for USA personal Green card?
Oct 29, 2019, 8:50 am
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Oct 29, 2019, 1:36 pm
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Last edited by jags86; Oct 29, 2019 at 2:20 pm
Oct 29, 2019, 4:33 pm
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Oct 30, 2019, 9:43 am
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Isn't that a weird promotion though? It's like they are encouraging some kind of manufacturing... or am I getting this wrong? It's certainly not illegal, but it doesn't seem right neither.
Oct 30, 2019, 10:15 am
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certainly not—no different then picking up the check and having people Venmo you their share. AMEX has even incorporated a way to ask for reimbursement from friends via Venmo in their app.
Oct 30, 2019, 11:41 am
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Sep 7, 2021, 10:14 pm
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Any DPs on cruises getting 3x on this card? The list of travel examples when applying says nothing about cruises.
Sep 8, 2021, 7:14 am
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You will earn one Membership Rewards® point for each dollar of eligible purchases charged on the American Express® Green Card. Travel: You will earn 2 additional points (for a total of 3 points) for each dollar charged on eligible travel purchases including airfare, hotels, cruises, tours, car rentals, campgrounds, travel purchases on third party travel websites, and travel purchases on amextravel.com. You will not earn additional points for purchases of timeshare properties.
Sep 8, 2021, 9:48 am
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According to their website, here are the included categories. Cruises are included.
You will earn one Membership Rewards® point for each dollar of eligible purchases charged on the American Express® Green Card. Travel: You will earn 2 additional points (for a total of 3 points) for each dollar charged on eligible travel purchases including airfare, hotels, cruises, tours, car rentals, campgrounds, travel purchases on third party travel websites, and travel purchases on amextravel.com. You will not earn additional points for purchases of timeshare properties.
You will earn one Membership Rewards® point for each dollar of eligible purchases charged on the American Express® Green Card. Travel: You will earn 2 additional points (for a total of 3 points) for each dollar charged on eligible travel purchases including airfare, hotels, cruises, tours, car rentals, campgrounds, travel purchases on third party travel websites, and travel purchases on amextravel.com. You will not earn additional points for purchases of timeshare properties.
Last edited by HPN-HRL; Jan 9, 2022 at 3:15 pm Reason: typo
Jan 9, 2022, 1:19 pm
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AMEX Green Travel Coding as Other
Last month I paid a travel agency for a tour with my Amex Green card. Unfortunately it coded as other and I only earned 1 point per dollar. Is it even worth asking AMEX about this? Is it something they could change? Typically I wouldn't bother with it, but I am out about 20,000 points if it stays at 1x.
Thanks!
Thanks!
Jan 9, 2022, 1:23 pm
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Look at the transaction on a computer (not a phone) with a browser (not an app), click to expand it, and click Additional Information see how the merchant is classified. This is controlled by the merchant, not by the card issuer, but if it's anything travel-related you will have a talking point.
Jan 9, 2022, 1:39 pm
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Look at the transaction on a computer (not a phone) with a browser (not an app), click to expand it, and click Additional Information see how the merchant is classified. This is controlled by the merchant, not by the card issuer, but if it's anything travel-related you will have a talking point.