Mar 13, 2017, 3:34 pm
Last edit by: beltway
The official Chase description:
What counts as Travel?
Also, see THIS thread for additional locations.
Merchants in this category include airlines, hotels, motels, timeshares, car rental agencies, cruise lines, travel agencies, discount travel sites, campgrounds and operators of passenger trains, buses, taxis, limousines, ferries, toll bridges and highways, and parking lots and garages.
Some merchants that provide transportation and travel-related services are not included in this category; for example, real estate agents, educational merchants arranging travel, in-flight goods and services, on-board cruise line goods and services, sightseeing activities, excursions, tourist attractions, RV and boat rentals, merchants within hotels and airports, public campgrounds and merchants that rent vehicles for the purpose of hauling. Purchases from gift card merchants or merchants that sell points or miles will not qualify in the travel category.
Some merchants that provide transportation and travel-related services are not included in this category; for example, real estate agents, educational merchants arranging travel, in-flight goods and services, on-board cruise line goods and services, sightseeing activities, excursions, tourist attractions, RV and boat rentals, merchants within hotels and airports, public campgrounds and merchants that rent vehicles for the purpose of hauling. Purchases from gift card merchants or merchants that sell points or miles will not qualify in the travel category.
- Airline purchases, fees & gift cards
- AA e-gift certificate
- Delta eGift Cards
- UA in-flight bev
Hotels: - Marriott GC and hotel charges
- Airbnb & their GC
- hotels.com (NOT hotels.com e-gift cert!)
- Hotel restaurants not charged to room (verified at Renaissance LV)
- Priceline "opaque" hotel purchases
- Kruger National Park lodging reservation (booked on sanparks.org official site)
Transit, including parking, trains, ferries, toll roads, etc: - Taxi fares: Uber, Lyft, Gett, Way2Ride, London taxi, Fasten (Austin)
- Transit fees: BART, MTA, FastTrak, Clipper Card (Bay Area), MetroCard, DC Metro (WMATA) SmarTrip farecard and commemorative cards, NJ Transit, Oyster card, Ventra (Chicago), Las Vegas Monorail, Brussels (STIB/MIVB), Incheon Airport Bus tickets, Orca King county(Seattle area), Suica/PASMO (Tokyo IC transit card - Apple pay top up)
- Parking meters: Atlanta; Chicago; Portland, OR; San Francisco; Atlantic City; Seattle, (Los Angeles but NOT Santa Monica)
- Public parking garages: San Francisco; Montgomery Co. MD
- Toll passes: E-Z Pass (MA, MD, NH, NJ, NY, PA), Sunpass prepaid tolls, Washington State GoodToGo tolls, RiverLink tolls, TxTag, IPass (Illinois)
- Train tickets: trainline (UK train tickets), Eurostar.com, Bahn.com (when using Paypal), Amtrak, italirail.com, Train and bus travel in Scotland at ticket counter.
- Amtrak dining car purchases (YMMV, recent reports are below):
- Pacific Surfliner, November 2016 (tmiw): yes, counted as travel with CSR.
Pacific Surfliner, December 2018 (tmiw): did NOT count as travel (no travel credit), but did count as dining for 3x. - San Joaquin, December 2015 (serpens): counted as 3x on CSR, unknown if counted as travel.
- unknown train/date (StanJazz): counted as dining on Freedom and CSP.
- Pacific Surfliner, November 2016 (tmiw): yes, counted as travel with CSR.
- Ferries: Cape May, NJ to Lewes, DE and NYWaterway (Belford-Pier 11)
- Shuttles: Jackson Hole WY Airport official shuttle to town
- Unlimted JR Pass for Japan purchased from japan-rail-pass.com
Misc: - MileagePlusX Uber GC [NB MPX eBay did NOT count, so it appears to be only actual travel related items on MPX]
- Royal Caribbean drink package
- Cruise bookings
- Cruise Excursions Booked Prior to Cruise (and fully refundable)
- MIR Travel Agency
- undercovertourist.com
- Rental cars (verified Avis on page 7 of this thread, Hertz)
- Car Share (Car2Go) (ReachNow)
- Lahaina Cruise Co. (Hawaii Ocean Project whale watch cruise)
- Interval International Exchange Fee + Upgrade Fee
- Aircraft title transfer registration fees with ICAO's International Registry of Mobile Assets (Cape Town Convention and Aircraft Protocol)
- Viator/TripAdvisor
- Recreation.gov fees for reserving federal park campsites do not count as "travel"
- Point.me award search site starter pass
Also, see THIS thread for additional locations.
What counts as travel? [Sapphire, INK, Consolidated]
Jun 18, 2018, 3:45 pm
#286
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Southern California
Programs: AA Exec Plat, UA Gold, Hyatt Globalist, Marriott Titanium, Hilton Gold, National Exec, Hertz Pres
Posts: 212
I searched the Visa Supplier Locator ( https://www.visa.com/supplierlocator/search/ ) and two vendors where I plan to spend on are coded as:
Industry/MCC: Recreation/ Amusement Facilities - 7999
Does Chase consider this a 3X travel category or a 1X non-bonus category?
Industry/MCC: Recreation/ Amusement Facilities - 7999
Does Chase consider this a 3X travel category or a 1X non-bonus category?
Jun 19, 2018, 6:16 am
#287
Join Date: Sep 2011
Posts: 1,857
I searched the Visa Supplier Locator ( https://www.visa.com/supplierlocator/search/ ) and two vendors where I plan to spend on are coded as:
Industry/MCC: Recreation/ Amusement Facilities - 7999
Does Chase consider this a 3X travel category or a 1X non-bonus category?
Industry/MCC: Recreation/ Amusement Facilities - 7999
Does Chase consider this a 3X travel category or a 1X non-bonus category?
Jun 27, 2018, 2:05 pm
#291
Join Date: Jan 2009
Programs: UA 1K, HH Diamond, Hertz Presidents Circle, Marriott Gold, Avis PC, National EE
Posts: 145
Does anyone know if you book through the UR portal via a points/cash redemption, and use the CSR to book it, does connexions post as travel in order to get the travel credit?
Thanks!
Thanks!
Jul 21, 2018, 11:00 pm
#293
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: La Jolla, CA
Programs: Marriott Ambassador, Lifetime Titanium, Delta Plat, Hilton Diamond , Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 2,615
My biggest disappointment since getting the card was that Kitcho Restaurant in Kyoto did not earn bonus spend. At first I was told that they would research it and if they could verify it was an actual restaurant I would receive credit. But ultimately it was denied. It wouldn’t have been so bad except that Kitcho is literally one of “the world’s most expensive restaurants”. 😯. Still unsure of why it didn’t credit properly.
Jul 23, 2018, 12:37 am
#294
Join Date: Apr 2009
Posts: 681
My biggest disappointment since getting the card was that Kitcho Restaurant in Kyoto did not earn bonus spend. At first I was told that they would research it and if they could verify it was an actual restaurant I would receive credit. But ultimately it was denied. It wouldn’t have been so bad except that Kitcho is literally one of “the world’s most expensive restaurants”. 😯. Still unsure of why it didn’t credit properly.
Obviously the 3% with CSR is worth more than 3.5% when redeeming for travel, but 1.5% isn't.
Aug 27, 2018, 4:49 am
#296
Join Date: Apr 2015
Posts: 35
Booking a tour with CSR through PayPal
I am looking to book a tour and the operator only accepts credit card payments through PayPal. Does anyone know if I would still get the 3X points and travel insurance benefits if I use my CSR card but the transaction goes through PayPal?
Aug 28, 2018, 7:40 am
#298
Moderator
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Miami, Mpls & London
Programs: AA & Marriott Perpetual Platinum; DL & HH Gold
Posts: 48,958
Sep 6, 2018, 3:00 pm
#300
Join Date: Jul 2009
Programs: Mileage Plus, AAdvantage
Posts: 424
Does anyone know if purchasing Disneyland tickets through Orbitz or Expedia code as travel to get 3X points on Ink Preferred?
Looking to purchase about $1K worth of tickets.
thanks in advance...
Looking to purchase about $1K worth of tickets.
thanks in advance...
Last edited by unicon; Sep 6, 2018 at 3:32 pm Reason: Post moved from CIP thread.