Grocery deliveries coded as Groceries?
Apr 17, 2019, 1:16 pm
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Grocery deliveries coded as Groceries?
Have several cards with up to 3X points for groceries. Chase Freedom is 5X for groceries this quarter.
Anyone use such cards for the various delivery services?
Like Amazon Fresh (or whatever they call the Whole Foods deliveries)?
Or Instacart?
Or Envoy?
Or Uber?
Anyone use such cards for the various delivery services?
Like Amazon Fresh (or whatever they call the Whole Foods deliveries)?
Or Instacart?
Or Envoy?
Or Uber?
Apr 17, 2019, 8:23 pm
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I can't confirm all banks, but my Amazon Fresh purchases from Whole Foods posted to my Citi cards as Amazon
Apr 18, 2019, 11:59 am
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Look:
https://creditcards.chase.com/freedo...cards/calendar
It says April-June is GROCERY STORES, not groceries. So if you buy prescriptions at grocery stores, it counts, If you buy groceries at a drug store, it doesn't count.
So is Amazon a grocery store? Is Uber a grocery store?
Ie, if you use the right terminology about what the promo is about, you can answer some of your own question which only come up when you use the wrong terminology.
And as far I know, all such multiplier promos are by store type (typically as coded by MC/Visa/Amex), and not by what you buy there.
So delivery services are typically coded as delivery services (or the owner of them), and only sales rung up the grocery store itself tend to code as "groceries" or "grocery store".
But here's a thought: Anything you buy at an actual grocery store counts for the 3x/5x whatever. So buy an Amazon gift card in person at a grocery store, get 3x or 5x on that, and then use that to pay for Amazon deliveries (if Amazon lets you), this quarter or any other quarter. Or an Uber gift card for Uber deliveries. Etc.
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Apr 18, 2019, 6:00 pm
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Well I'm talking about ordering from Whole Foods, which may involve ordering through Amazon.
If I purchase from WF in person, those would count right?
So I'm asking if anyone has ordered grocery deliveries from WF and how such orders were coded, since even when it's not 5X from WF, there are cards which give 3X or 4X for grocery store purchases.
If I purchase from WF in person, those would count right?
So I'm asking if anyone has ordered grocery deliveries from WF and how such orders were coded, since even when it's not 5X from WF, there are cards which give 3X or 4X for grocery store purchases.
Apr 18, 2019, 6:33 pm
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Using an AMEX Hilton Ascend, Whole Foods grocery deliveries code as merchandise, while in-store purchases code as groceries as you’d expect. I’m using my Chase Amazon Visa for future deliveries!
Apr 22, 2019, 5:31 pm
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Keep in mind that how they code on an Amex may not be the same as how they code on a Visa/MC.
But assuming they don't code as groceries in either case, it matters more who they reflect as the company that what they code as. Ie, no card gives bonus points for Whole Foods (if they code as merchandise) or the merchandise category, so if you are going to use a card that gives bonus on Amazon, you want to make sure that it codes as an Amazon purchase, not a Whole Foods purchase.
But like I said before, you may want to look into whether you can use Amazon gift card balances to pay for Whole Foods deliveries, because of the easy of getting 3x to 5x on Amazon gift cards purchased in person. The Amazon card only gives cash back, so if you value transferable points more than cash back, the Amazon card may not be as good as a grocery store multiplier on Amazon gift cards.
But assuming they don't code as groceries in either case, it matters more who they reflect as the company that what they code as. Ie, no card gives bonus points for Whole Foods (if they code as merchandise) or the merchandise category, so if you are going to use a card that gives bonus on Amazon, you want to make sure that it codes as an Amazon purchase, not a Whole Foods purchase.
But like I said before, you may want to look into whether you can use Amazon gift card balances to pay for Whole Foods deliveries, because of the easy of getting 3x to 5x on Amazon gift cards purchased in person. The Amazon card only gives cash back, so if you value transferable points more than cash back, the Amazon card may not be as good as a grocery store multiplier on Amazon gift cards.
Apr 24, 2019, 11:54 am
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Chase Freedom is not 5x on groceries this quarter.
Look:
https://creditcards.chase.com/freedo...cards/calendar
It says April-June is GROCERY STORES, not groceries. So if you buy prescriptions at grocery stores, it counts, If you buy groceries at a drug store, it doesn't count.
So is Amazon a grocery store? Is Uber a grocery store?
Ie, if you use the right terminology about what the promo is about, you can answer some of your own question which only come up when you use the wrong terminology.
And as far I know, all such multiplier promos are by store type (typically as coded by MC/Visa/Amex), and not by what you buy there.
So delivery services are typically coded as delivery services (or the owner of them), and only sales rung up the grocery store itself tend to code as "groceries" or "grocery store".
But here's a thought: Anything you buy at an actual grocery store counts for the 3x/5x whatever. So buy an Amazon gift card in person at a grocery store, get 3x or 5x on that, and then use that to pay for Amazon deliveries (if Amazon lets you), this quarter or any other quarter. Or an Uber gift card for Uber deliveries. Etc.
Look:
https://creditcards.chase.com/freedo...cards/calendar
It says April-June is GROCERY STORES, not groceries. So if you buy prescriptions at grocery stores, it counts, If you buy groceries at a drug store, it doesn't count.
So is Amazon a grocery store? Is Uber a grocery store?
Ie, if you use the right terminology about what the promo is about, you can answer some of your own question which only come up when you use the wrong terminology.
And as far I know, all such multiplier promos are by store type (typically as coded by MC/Visa/Amex), and not by what you buy there.
So delivery services are typically coded as delivery services (or the owner of them), and only sales rung up the grocery store itself tend to code as "groceries" or "grocery store".
But here's a thought: Anything you buy at an actual grocery store counts for the 3x/5x whatever. So buy an Amazon gift card in person at a grocery store, get 3x or 5x on that, and then use that to pay for Amazon deliveries (if Amazon lets you), this quarter or any other quarter. Or an Uber gift card for Uber deliveries. Etc.
Apr 24, 2019, 12:03 pm
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