Talk:Cashback reward program

Surcharges

"Merchants are not allowed to charge a higher price when a credit card is used as opposed to other methods of payments, so there is no penalty for a card holder to use their credit card." is not accurate any more. VISA allows surcharge since 2013. http://usa.visa.com/merchants/operations/surcharging.html yoursunny (talk) 05:45, 17 September 2013 (UTC)

Semantics, but merchants are not allowed to charge different prices for merchandise/services. In some states, a merchant can elect to add a surcharge onto a customers bill for credit cards (not debit or pre-paid). The court ruling is that VISA needs to provide the ability to allow merchants to surcharge, there are several states that do not allow merchants to add surcharges: Currently, 10 U.S. states have surcharging restrictions including California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, New York, Oklahoma and Texas. This info is available in the link you provided. Also, this isn't that relevant for cash back cards; if merchants elect to surcharge they have to use the same surcharge whether the card has rewards or not. I'll try to draft something to replace the text that's currently there. --Tcxspears (talk) 14:59, 15 July 2015 (UTC)

Meaning?

". The 5% cash back rate usually applies only to purchases made at grocery stores, pharmacies, and gas stations for 6 months" -- What does the "6 months" mean? Kdammers (talk) 16:59, 15 September 2021 (UTC)