Credit Card Rewards Not Applied on Promotional Purchase
A Citi Best Buy cardholder completed a purchase under an active cashback promotion but received no rewards, then got bounced between Citi and Best Buy with no resolution. Single complaint about co-branded card reward dispute process. Systemic only if replicated across many users.
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