Premium credit card merchant credits fail to post despite eligible purchases
Cardholders on premium travel/rewards credit cards report that promised annual statement credits for selected merchants do not post even after qualifying purchases, requiring months of repeated follow-up with escalation teams. This recurring benefit-tracking failure undermines the value proposition of high-annual-fee cards.
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