krazykanuck

Adding to the Google Fi intrigue. I paid down my balance to around $20 (using my biz plat, which used up it's wireless credit). autopay charged my Personal Plat triggering the streaming credit. I then paid $10 manually via pay.google.com which wound up triggering the wireless credit. Going to pay another $10 today to hopefully finish it off.

chrisny2

You mean the line item shows up but it doesn't count towards the total? How would that even happen??

nrr

A typical line for my GROCERY purchases would read: 12x POINTS XYZ GROCERY $50.00
My Hilton Point total I believe update once per month. The base amount additions (up to monthly cut-off date) seem to be correct, but I don't think the 12X have been added YET. [For base $50, my bonus should be 600 points.]
I really should use a spreadsheet to track everything but I'm too lazy.

EtseTrav

Question to all: if a reimbursable bill hits at the tail end of the month (28th, 29th, etc) and it takes some time for AmEx to kick in, does the credit for that charge tend to accrue to the month that it was originally charged, or the month that AmEx "saw it"?

notquiteaff

The month the transaction was posted.

https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/32429076-post440.html

GundamWing01

charging the last day of the month is real risk. i always watch for post date vs transaction date, but some have been lucky even with the transaction date being on the last day of the month and posting into the next month. some have done this with amex airline credits. charging 12/31 and still getting it for the prior year. i wouldnt push that.

well, its important to note the key differences in abuse levels. you probably didnt do 900k pts in a month. word has been spreading that amex is flagging accounts and delaying points from posting to HH. typically, all pts posts next day after statement close. for accounts hitting groceries hard, amex has been watching. nobody should be surprised. but there seems to be a threshold. maybe anything over 150k MS? not sure. im curious how amex will proceed after reviewing accounts.

zip10001

Paid my Google FI bill in full using my Amex Plat, was credited as "Streaming". Which means I have $20 to use for "wireless".
I tried to "pay early" $20 on Google Pay, let's see if it works.

notquiteaff

it worked for me. https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/32476324-post505.html

jimmielin

Google Fi DP. I executed it pretty well this month: Posted $17 worth of streaming; did three $10 Google Fi charges. 2x$10 posted as Wireless, the remaining $2.98 out of $10 posted as streaming. Nice.

EtseTrav

​​​​​​​A Verizon ecommerce accessories purchase (phone case) worked against the Wireless credit. Don't know about in-store purchase.

GundamWing01

thank you so much for the DP. yes, i believe almost all online merchandise purchases code correctly except for gift cards. but i have seen some online merch not get credit either. thats why i was hoping to handle it inside the store asap. seems paying your bill is the most consistent.

Yllanes

Another data point: I have "paid early" (on pay.google.com) my Google Fi bill and I have received the $20 wireless credit.

My streaming credit for June had already been used and in May my Google Fi payment (automatic, not paid early) di not trigger the credit.

HPN-HRL

I don't see either of the following in the wiki DPs; will add as soon as I post this:

I received streaming credit for both Amazon Kindle and Spotify - not a surprise as both are on the official AMEX list, but glad I didn't have to put in any effort to get these credits.

Stgermainparis

Does anyone know if there’s a thread with consolidated cc covid bonuses? Across all banks/cards? I did a search but keep coming up with bank specific threads.

gengar

I don't think there is a comprehensive thread covering all cards (since the forums here are broken down by issuer), but there is consolidated info on some the usual CC blogs/sites.