Verizon recurring payments don't count for 5x on ink?!

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Jul 30, 2014, 7:43 am

#16

DrDrDr56

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ya I'm gonna stop using the ink card for VZ bill since they said no guarantee going forward that anything will be corrected and they refuse to do anything about it.

Jul 30, 2014, 8:18 am

#17

pallhedge

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Sounds like some sort of tech glitch. Ideas to try: switch to a different cc for 1 month then switch back, or get chase to issue you a different ink cc# and switch to that one. Weird problem calls for weird potential solutions.

Jul 30, 2014, 2:19 pm

#18

SquarePeg

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Vz Wireless shows up as utility but Vz Residential (phone, internet, TV) show up as miscellaneous. If you currently have your Wireless and Residential bills combined, this could be why you are not getting the 5X. Separate the billing, this may fix the issue.

Jul 30, 2014, 10:00 pm

#19

jethro

Join Date: Apr 2011

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I am a little confused about the "utility" classification. Do either of the Ink cards earn 5% for utility (water, sewer, gas electric) purchases? This would be great for me if that were the case, yet I have never seen this on any of their advertisements .............

Jul 30, 2014, 10:55 pm

#20

DrDrDr56

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Quote:

Originally Posted by SquarePeg

that may be it then. Thank you for that. I will separate them and move the VZ res. off the bill as well. Any datapoints here on others who have had to separate billing/not have to?

also thanks to pall, good input

Jul 30, 2014, 11:03 pm

#21

Jpr0930

Join Date: Aug 2012

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Originally Posted by jethro

No...closest we ever got to this was US Bank Cash+ when it first dropped...didn't last long..lol

Jul 30, 2014, 11:08 pm

#22

zippy the pinhead

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Quote:

Originally Posted by budblab

[...] it is coded as utilities on my statement.

So far as I understand, the coding is meaningless for 5x rebate purposes. Chase pays 5x on transactions consistent with the cardmember agreement regardless of how they are coded on your statement/Chase Web site.