Double Disney Dream Reward Dollars for a year

[kmermaid]

crazy4wdw: Where did you get your information from on the bankone/disney site?

 

[Cindy B]

I got a letter and my limit was $150. How do you know if something is Other or not..

 

[PatriciaH]

I got $150 a month and DH did not get the offer. That is fine b/c he uses a cash back card for most things and I use DV for cell phone, drugstore, etc.. already.

Edited to add-none of my transactions show up as other. They all say an exact name (CVS, Sprint, Ebay, etc..)

 

[my3kids]

Mine have the merchant name but in parentises it has a category the bank has assigned the purchase to. Sounds like only certain categories count towards the double reward and (other) isn't one of them.

 

[firsttimemom]

We got a letter in the mail today w/ the $2300 limit on the every day items someone already listed. This is our primary card and we use it for EVERYTHING. We never received the other offer someone mentioned that didn't have the category specifications.

Liz

 

[j's m]

I had the March to June offer, anything over $ 150 got double rewards. When I checked my offers just now, there is nothing listed so I guess I'm not eligible.

Are you better off using it, then stopping for a while in hopes that they'll send you an offer? We didn't really use it since other cards offered better rewards, and we weren't sure we were going back to DW this year. When we decided to go this year, and they offered 2%, I started charging everything.

 

[Buzzsgramma]

When i got the mail today there was a letter in it stating I had to spend over $2300.00...as I had already read that on line early this am....I use that card for LOTS of stuff.....I think they got my number.......................

 

[hAm53]

i checked our's, and we're at anything over $1,000 (definately not as much as those that are at $2300). But then I saw that everything other than our internet and gas showed up as other. that got me so fired up that i fired off this letter:

Dear Bank One,
I just wanted to write a note to say how disappointed I was to see one of your new promos, id #105933. Please let me start off my stating that my job is exactly what the first person reading this does. I work customer service for a major sporting goods company, so I know that the person reading this was not in charge of this promo, so please know I do not mean to come off as angry. I'm just really disappointed.
I can understand why we have the $1,000 threshold to gain double rewards points, and others have a much lower rate (we charge everything in order to get rewards for our upcoming wedding in Disney World), and I understand that since we pay off our balance every month you don't really make money from us since we don't have any interest charges. However, I found it kind of cheesy that the double points are only on dollars OVER the $1,000 threshold. So the first grand that we would have spent (even though there's no way we could reach that, but I'll ge to that in a minute) would have counted for bubkis. What's the point? Other credit cards that I have will double your points after just $20, which you can get on every purchase you make.
Also, its really tough to get to the $1,000 when our local grocery store, Big Y Foods, is considered to be in the "Other" category. Why would this not be considered in the "Groceries" section? Perhaps it because its not a national chain.
However, Walgreens, a national drug-store chain, is also listed as an "Other". So under your policies, I'd need to spend a grand on gas just to qualify to potentially get double points.
Although there are some nice bonuses, the onboard credits for Disney Cruises, and the extra Disney Dollars at check in through packages at Disney World, these tend to be only a $15-25 addition to what someone without the Disney Visa can book through Disney by themselves. I hope that your marketing group will improve these offers going foward.
Thank you for your time.

Like I mention in there, since i work customer service, I know my letter will never really make a difference. But who knows? I know if we get enough complaints about something at work, we'll look for ways to make changes.

~ chris

 

[MomlovesDad]

Okay, so now that I have been reading posts all day about DVC, I'm now wondering since Bank One seems to be such tight wads about their "rewards" categories, should we all just go to Discover who seem to give rewards easily and with much less hassle. I think I remember getting a check in the mail long ago when I used Discover. Boy, I would be really disappointed if I had charged over $1000 on the card and find out that all the categories were "other". Seems that with it's disqualifications, you could have earned with another card what you save in benefits with a DVC. And I'm still not clear on all the benefits of the DVC.

Any thoughts on why DVC rewards vs Discover?
MomlovesDad

 

[Ilovestitch]

I got the letter today and it says I have to spend $150 to start the double reward points. Are the categories in the letter the only ones that count, are there any others? -Stephanie

 

[disneychrista]

Originally posted by DeDixie
I have to spend $2300!!!!

Just checked online and this is what I got too. My guess is that take your monthly billing cycle and increase it by a certain percentage. I already use my card for everything. But there is NO WAY I can spend that much in one month.

 

[my3kids]

I checked online to see if my card had "gotten lost in the mail." No offer there either. Although we have a big trip booked for January, seems as though we're not deemed worthy by Bank One of any special incentives.

 

[MyDisneySig]

Originally posted by DeDixie
I have to spend $2300!!!!

I also have to spend that much! If I understand correctly, I have to spend $2300 on the qualifying spending categories, then I will get double rewards on EACH ADDITIONAL DOLLAR spent on qualified spending categories only!!!

Holy cow!

 

[ceecee]

That's major charging! I didn't receive any offer for double points on any purchase. We have been using our airline card anyway to get free tickets.

 

[pandamom]

I didn't receive the offer either -- and haven't received double offers in the past. I use this card for everything ($2000 to $3000 per month) and pay off each month. Guess they figure they don't have any reason to offer me incentives.

 

[shelly3girls]

I just don't get it. We also use our card for everything and pay it off every month. But how is it physically possible for a family of 4 to spend over $2300/month just on the items that qualify. Our bill is always over this amount, but it includes many things that don't qualify. Our only chance of getting any double rewards is that we spend quite a bit on home expenses when we move next spring, but does Home Depot even qualify??

 

[WDWorBUST]

What got me was you only get the double rewards on the amount spent OVER your minimium - mine was $1000 - so that first $1000 is just the regular 1%. It's definitley not an incentive for me to use my card more.

 

[patsal]

When they did the last promo I:
E-mailed-no response
Snail mailed-no response
Had to call customer service for something so mentioned it and was basically told "oh well, too bad for you."
Will go back to the other card that I used to earn points with. Though I liked the idea of Disney rewards to offset vacation costs, these other points will do the same thing in a little different way. I already charge about $3000 per month and I don't have any other chargable expenses so I guess I'm out. I have said this before, but I really miss the DC everything was fair to all members and the perks were better.

 

[cindala]

I got the offer too, but I have to spend $800 first in the selected categories, and then anything over that $800 I'd get the 2%.

My answer to Bankone, is that I paid off the card, and transferred over my rewards dollars for this trip. We are using our AT&T MC this trip, that earns 5% on anything until 8/30/04. After that, I'm shopping for another card that pays better benefits! BankOne really isn't giving us much of anything!

 

[ceecee]

I checked online and the offer was there. I did not receive a card. It did not however list an amount that I had to spend. Do you have to call to find out?