Judique
Dis Veteran, Beach Lover at BWV, BCV, HHI, VB
- Joined
- Aug 1, 2003
This morning I took myself to the Courtyard to buy a $200 gift card on my Gold card with my new Amex offer. I got the great news email while standing at the desk. Now to see if it credits.
When I asked the young lady for a gift card, she says we 'don't sell gift cards here.' I said (sweetly) I bought one here a couple of months ago. She was very nice and immediately walked around to ask what I assume was a MOD and he came out and helped her with the transaction. Very easy! He even explained to me, 'You can use it at any Marriott, not just Courtyard.' So I got bold and asked 'How about at the SPG hotels?' just in case news was coming down the pike. Well, the answer was 'maybe. I think they have something to do with us now.' So, I let that one drop and we discussed the windy weather and I moved on to make my next stop at Panera.
Panera is one of my favorite places to eat because I can get soup. So, I paid for my items with the remainder of a gift card and at the ending of the transaction I asked to add in a $50 gift card as they have the $10 bonus cards right now. The guy asked me if I wanted to toss the empty gift card. I passed it to him and he set it down as he stared at the screen. I said the total isn't right. He says it won't let you pay with a gift card since you are buying a gift card. So, I said okay, I'll just take the card back. It had $6 and change on it and my purchase was $59.xx. Buying the new gift card nixed out the original payment which only partly covered the food! No biggie. I just got the card back and went over to the bakery counter and spent it there. But weird programming - you would think it could count at least.
On the way out of Panera an old guy sitting by the fire flirted with me - out of the blue! I didn't make eye contact or even notice him until he made a 'beautiful smile' comment. I'm older also, so this is not the norm, but I didn't mind, I just laughed and kept on walking. I wonder if he likes the beach or Disney, or even better, credit card churning!
Then on to Costco where I broke the bank spending almost $300 and couldn't use my gold card.
I couldn't even use it at CVS as my prescription was one of the free ones on my plan.
I have a few hundred more to put on it as I wasn't able to use it for one my insurances - didn't take Amex. I then tried to prepay my natural gas bill, but they didn't take Amex! And my doctor didn't yesterday! 3 in a row and I'm not used to that - previous Amex spends were no prob at all. This isn't either but I like to knock them out fast.
I could run around and get another $400 in Marriott gift cards with my offers but I don't want too many on hand.
When I asked the young lady for a gift card, she says we 'don't sell gift cards here.' I said (sweetly) I bought one here a couple of months ago. She was very nice and immediately walked around to ask what I assume was a MOD and he came out and helped her with the transaction. Very easy! He even explained to me, 'You can use it at any Marriott, not just Courtyard.' So I got bold and asked 'How about at the SPG hotels?' just in case news was coming down the pike. Well, the answer was 'maybe. I think they have something to do with us now.' So, I let that one drop and we discussed the windy weather and I moved on to make my next stop at Panera.
Panera is one of my favorite places to eat because I can get soup. So, I paid for my items with the remainder of a gift card and at the ending of the transaction I asked to add in a $50 gift card as they have the $10 bonus cards right now. The guy asked me if I wanted to toss the empty gift card. I passed it to him and he set it down as he stared at the screen. I said the total isn't right. He says it won't let you pay with a gift card since you are buying a gift card. So, I said okay, I'll just take the card back. It had $6 and change on it and my purchase was $59.xx. Buying the new gift card nixed out the original payment which only partly covered the food! No biggie. I just got the card back and went over to the bakery counter and spent it there. But weird programming - you would think it could count at least.
On the way out of Panera an old guy sitting by the fire flirted with me - out of the blue! I didn't make eye contact or even notice him until he made a 'beautiful smile' comment. I'm older also, so this is not the norm, but I didn't mind, I just laughed and kept on walking. I wonder if he likes the beach or Disney, or even better, credit card churning!
Then on to Costco where I broke the bank spending almost $300 and couldn't use my gold card.
I couldn't even use it at CVS as my prescription was one of the free ones on my plan.
I have a few hundred more to put on it as I wasn't able to use it for one my insurances - didn't take Amex. I then tried to prepay my natural gas bill, but they didn't take Amex! And my doctor didn't yesterday! 3 in a row and I'm not used to that - previous Amex spends were no prob at all. This isn't either but I like to knock them out fast.
I could run around and get another $400 in Marriott gift cards with my offers but I don't want too many on hand.
And I see my mistake...it should have said AmEx instead of Chase.
