99.9% of "convenience checks" do not earn miles. Additionally, the fees that the banks tack on to the use of these checks are pretty hefty.

Must I use a Citibank issued MI/VI or can I use any mielage earning card of my choice?

I answered my previous question by calling c2it. They said that is must be a Citibank credit card; however, there is a difference between Citibank USA, South Dakota, North America, etc. Some do treat the transaction as a charge and some as a cash advance. How do I know if my Citibank Hilton HHonors Visa will work? What cards are everyone else using?

How do I know if my Citibank Hilton HHonors Visa will work? What cards are everyone else using?

It won't be treated as a purchase, as that card is Citibank USA--only Citi SD (NA)(AAdvantage, Platinum, Cash Rebate, Sony, etc.)

For McDonalds purchases, you can also buy vouchers first using a credit card, register them with Upormise to get 3% credit for college savings, then pay with the vouchers. Just another way to make your money go a few extra "miles" for you.

This may have been mentioned before. I have always preferred Costco over Sam's Club because Costco accepts my Amex Delta SkyMiles card. Sam's only accpets Discover.Yesterday I purchased (with a credit card) a "shopping card" at Walmart as a gift for my son, only to find out that the shopping card can be used for purchases at Sam's Club. The lady at Walmart said they have been available for three or four years.I couldn't sleep last night thinking about the miles I should have been getting for purchases at Sams (computer,TV,etc)!

Join Upromise as well, & if you can find a McDonalds that actually stocks the gift certificates, you can get 3% in your child's Upromise account at:

http://www.upromise.com/indexPromo.html
However, most MCD don't stock G.C., & even though they have the signs up, they know nothing about the program in the stores.
YMMV

Will someone with the Hilton Signature Visa by Citibank please call the company and ask them how they treat the merchant 4829 (C2it). Do they treat it as a purchase or cash advance. If you are using a MC the code is 6529. Citibank gives out lots of different cards that give different things. You can see this at their web-site. However I have not seen the Hilton card there - only at the Hilton web-site.

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If you just leave the customer service number for the citibank hilton visa card, I will call. thanks

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You can't use your Citi Hilton HHonors card becuase they treat it as a cash advance. This is a different Citi from the one that markets AAdvantage cards.

Thanks. I think it is odd, but can you do?

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Credit cards are coming to McDonald's and other fast-food chains.

An updated WSJ article on Nov. 26 says the following:
"After years of testing, McDonald's Corp. will make it possible next year for customers nationwide to pay for their burgers and fries with plastic. Other big chains are conducting their own experiments with credit and debit cards and are expected to follow suit once McDonald's gets into the game."

(Registration required)

Just got back from Orlando and the McDonalds' TV or radio commericials down there touted using credit cards.

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AA, Onepass, Skymiles, Hhonors, Starwood

http://money.cnn.com/2002/11/26/news...alds/index.htm

Excerpt:

"The Wall Street Journal says the change is in response to the preference of customers who don't want to carry cash and who want to receive frequent flier miles or other perks that come with the credit or debit card purchases."

In Chicago, McDonald's accepts speedpass which is linked to a credit card of choice. I buy gift certificates with the speedpass, use the coupon to get upromis money in my daughter's account, then use the certs to buy food, keeping the change. Change comes in handy for parking meters.
I've begun to offer c2it to my clients as a way of paying me using a credit card. That keeps my c2it account a legitimately used entity. My original c2it account was closed down. They didn't close down my husband's. I opened a separate e-mail address for payments, it's listed under his account. Also opened another checking account which has him as primary but joint with me. The money ultimately gets into my business checking account. I've also used it to reimburse ovoerpayments rather than writing a check. So far I have 3 people paying me this way.

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