topic Re: U.S. Bank Altitude Reserve - Bonus for Insurance Payments in Credit Cards

U.S. Bank Altitude Reserve - Bonus for Insurance Payments

UncleB — Fri, 31 Jul 2020 03:02:23 GMT

I got an email earlier today offering 3000 bonus points for making a payment to an insurance company with my Altitude Reserve:

I admit this caught me off-guard, since I'm already using the AR to pay State Farm each month (via Google Pay). I certainly won't complain, though!

Hopefully others have received this offer (or similar) as well!

Re: U.S. Bank Altitude Reserve - Bonus for Insurance Payments

simplynoir — Fri, 31 Jul 2020 03:29:55 GMT

Saw this posted earlier on Doctor of Credit. Seems to be a targetted offer on all their cards

https://www.doctorofcredit.com/targeted-u-s-bank-get-a-bonus-of-10-or-30-by-paying-one-insurance-bill/

None for me 🙁

Re: U.S. Bank Altitude Reserve - Bonus for Insurance Payments

Remedios — Fri, 31 Jul 2020 03:32:35 GMT

Oh, lemme tell you a story...

I got email. They want me to use AR to pay insurance premiums.

Plot twist...no points.

Well, now I dont wanna. I'm bumhurt and offended!

Re: U.S. Bank Altitude Reserve - Bonus for Insurance Payments

simplynoir — Fri, 31 Jul 2020 03:36:02 GMT

@Remedios Socks Bank knows you'll come back no matter what. They're taking advantage of you!

Re: U.S. Bank Altitude Reserve - Bonus for Insurance Payments

Remedios — Fri, 31 Jul 2020 03:38:09 GMT

How does one SDs a card that lives inside a phone?

I need a new phone!

Re: U.S. Bank Altitude Reserve - Bonus for Insurance Payments

UncleB — Fri, 31 Jul 2020 03:40:54 GMT

Well rats... I was hoping it wasn't targeted.

(And I have no idea why I was targeted at all, since they are already getting my State Farm charge each month.)

Re: U.S. Bank Altitude Reserve - Bonus for Insurance Payments

simplynoir — Fri, 31 Jul 2020 03:46:39 GMT

Probably throw darts at a wall with the way I never get any offers from them

*insert sad otter here*

Re: U.S. Bank Altitude Reserve - Bonus for Insurance Payments

Anonymous — Fri, 31 Jul 2020 14:58:26 GMT

@simplynoir wrote:
Probably throw darts at a wall with the way I never get any offers from them

*insert sad otter here*

Given that during Covid they are getting most of my booze spend...I think they know what our relationship is. We don't need to do the formalities of pretending I am going to using it for something other than that.

Re: U.S. Bank Altitude Reserve - Bonus for Insurance Payments

randomguy1 — Fri, 31 Jul 2020 16:08:27 GMT

@Remedios wrote:
How does one SDs a card that lives inside a phone?

I need a new phone!

Re: U.S. Bank Altitude Reserve - Bonus for Insurance Payments

ccquest — Fri, 31 Jul 2020 16:49:42 GMT

Hopefully this shows up for my Altitude Go too then, haven't seen anything yet but Progressive is coming due in October.

Re: U.S. Bank Altitude Reserve - Bonus for Insurance Payments

NRB525 — Sat, 01 Aug 2020 01:32:48 GMT

Does the offer require any activation? If not, I'll just shift AR to the monthly payment for a while. Nobody else gives a benefit for insurance other than my Gold card a few months ago.

Re: U.S. Bank Altitude Reserve - Bonus for Insurance Payments

UncleB — Sat, 01 Aug 2020 02:06:54 GMT

@NRB525 wrote:
Does the offer require any activation? If not, I'll just shift AR to the monthly payment for a while. Nobody else gives a benefit for insurance other than my Gold card a few months ago.

There's no activation, but it seems to be targeted so if you're not targeted you probably won't get the extra points.

Re: U.S. Bank Altitude Reserve - Bonus for Insurance Payments

NRB525 — Sat, 01 Aug 2020 04:49:41 GMT

Yes, quite likely no extra points. But adding basic points to my AR stash is no worse than most other cards I have.

Re: U.S. Bank Altitude Reserve - Bonus for Insurance Payments

Anonymous — Sat, 01 Aug 2020 09:22:58 GMT

@UncleB wrote:
@NRB525 wrote:
Does the offer require any activation? If not, I'll just shift AR to the monthly payment for a while. Nobody else gives a benefit for insurance other than my Gold card a few months ago.
There's no activation, but it seems to be targeted so if you're not targeted you probably won't get the extra points.

Hmm ... been carrying water for the Socks Bank ... eh?

Re: U.S. Bank Altitude Reserve - Bonus for Insurance Payments

gdale6 — Sat, 01 Aug 2020 16:56:03 GMT

They gave me the $10 offer on my Cash+

Re: U.S. Bank Altitude Reserve - Bonus for Insurance Payments

UncleB — Sun, 02 Aug 2020 04:35:19 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
@UncleB wrote:
@NRB525 wrote:
Does the offer require any activation? If not, I'll just shift AR to the monthly payment for a while. Nobody else gives a benefit for insurance other than my Gold card a few months ago.
There's no activation, but it seems to be targeted so if you're not targeted you probably won't get the extra points.
Hmm ... been carrying water for the Socks Bank ... eh?

LOL... you would think so, right?

The truth is I don't (usually) use it for anything that's not at the 3x rewards rate, so you would think they wouldn't like me very much.

That said, since I want to be sure to get the bonus this time I went ahead and made a payment to BCBS in addition to the State Farm payment they already get every month. (State Farm is via Google Pay, and while that should 'count' I don't want to miss out on a technicality, LOL.)

U.S. Bank continues to be one of my most valuable lenders.