Julie17

Did anyone who still held an existing personal Flexperks Travel Rewards Visa from the 2012 or 2014 promo apply for a new personal card and receive the Olympic bonus for 2016? I opened a personal card in the 2012 promotion, closed the account in October 2015, applied for a new personal card under the 2016 Olympic promo, and received both the 20k spending bonus and 14,800 Olympic medal bonus. DH did the same, except his card from 2012 is still open, and he received the 20k spending bonus but no medal bonus. He did make a purchase by 9/30. I know the terms seemed to indicate existing and previous members would not qualify but I got the bonuses while being a previous member. Sent an SM but they said to call the rewards team. Aside from the difficulty of getting DH to make the call, not sure if I want to draw attention in case they try to claw back the 20k he did receive. Btw, he also applied for the business version, which he never had before, and he received both bonuses for that account.

Stgermainparis

Way late replying to this and thus doing so for future readers. I booked NCE-LHR last August with no US airports using flexperks award.

Zorak

just received a promo email:

(requires registration)

sifer

It is required to book with atleast one US leg . You can call the call center for international bookings ( I dont think they will charge )

ralphs

Are you sure? I'm able to pull up intra-Europe bookings now.

Stgermainparis

I used 20k flexperk points to book a British Airways flight from Nice, FR to London last August. Did it online. And I even posted about it upthread back at the time of issuance bc they ticketed me as basic economy (or whatever) when the next class up was still <$400. I was miffed.

rc408

I talked to US Bank and was told that I do not qualify as I already had a Flexperks card. I got the 20,000 signup but no Olympic bonus. Even though there is no wording about prior cardholders being ineligible they refused to award the points. I spoke to several reps before applying and they claimed it was not a problem which was obviously incorrect.

A manager gave me 6,000 bonus points as a goodwill gesture (3,000 for each card I hold).

If anyone has a different experience please let me know.

Carl

FINALLY this weekend, the $50 Summer Banking Bonus appeared as a credit on that FlexPerks card. That took a lot of waiting and follow up, but at least it finally happened.

I've now discovered a new issue: the former Bonus Points for Charitable Donations category on my (discontinued) Amex has disappeared and Double Points at Gas Stations is now present. I don't recall seeing anything about this change. Has this happened to others? In theory this could be a benefit for people like me that have another FP card (the Visa) that is still offering the charity bonus, as gas is a category that wasn't on either of these cards before. But certainly I wouldn't have used this card for charity if I'd known the category was gone. (I also wouldn't use it at gas stations either, since I get 5% cash back from USAA for that.)

EDIT: I'd forgotten that this card offers 2x on grocery, gas stations, OR airlines, because I've always used this one solely for grocery, as other cards provide better bonuses on the other two categories. For some reason, one of my purchases at Kroger categorized as a gas station and activated that category. So perhaps charity isn't actually gone, but my charitable purchase on that statement coded incorrectly? I'll call them tomorrow and see if I can get clarity. I've learned they're totally restricted from resolving anything that codes improperly.

medellinfein

Yes

FlyingXplorer

Does Flexperks reimburse United Airlines in-flight WiFi purchases?

ralphs

Does the cardholder need to be a traveler on a flexperks flight redemption?

esf

No.

yugi

I did a charge at WM neighbourhood market, which codes as a grocery, only received 1 point/$. Called USB, they said that it in fact code as a grocery. Do the bonus points post right away or I need to wait?

gnomey

Looking for recent DP

Has anyone successfully apply and gotten approval for 'U.S. Bank FlexPerks® Business Edge™ Travel Rewards Card' , with ARS and SageStream frozen?

I previously froze them before applying to a USB personal credit card (not FlexPerks), per DoC advice http://www.doctorofcredit.com/two-cr...k-credit-card/ and managed to get that credit card successfully

However, I have heard that if those 2 bureaus are frozen, the USB business card application will be rejected. There was also some DP here U.S. Bank FlexPerks

Any more recent experience?

MDtR-Chicago

Remember that the Visa only pays on the highest of grocery, gas, or airlines. Did you have higher spend in one of the other categories? Otherwise the bonus should post on the same statement as the charge.