Will This make Chase mad?

[Anonymous]

I have a fairly large purchase coming up at lowes (Probably close to $5k) in the next 4 weeks or so. If I start to purchase lowes gift cards a couple hundred dollars at a time from staples what are the chances they aa me for that?

[Anonymous]

Sorry I forgot to mention this a 2 month old ink plus card and I have a lengthy positive history with chase on the personal and checking side

[Anonymous]

I'd guess that the answer is yes, it would be very risky to do.

[Anonymous]

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@Anonymous wrote:

I'd guess that the answer is yes, it would be very risky to do.

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I agree that doing it that way is risky but as Staples sells $500 Lowes gift cards, if yiou purchased $2000 in one purchase, you should be fine.  I've purchased Visa gift cards from them with the Ink+ before w/o issues as has many people.  Its the multiple puchases over a short period of time that will attract their unwanted attention.

[BD9]

What exactly is aa?

Also, why would Chase have an issue with doing this at all?

[Anonymous]

Aa is adverse action, like closing accounts, account review, cl decrease etc. They wouldn't like it because it's taking advantage of bonus categories. $5000 worth of lowes gc at staples would get me 25000 urs as opposed to only 5000 ur if I just paid at lowes with the card

[Anonymous]

I appreciate the info, I would actually prefer to purchase like $2k and be done with it as opposed to a couple hundred multiple times I just thought I would be less suspicious. I may just skip this althogther because I really don't want to piss of chase

[BD9]

I see, but (and I'm sorry if I'm being a bit "slow" here), is it typical for merchants to let the banks know what you purchased? I mean, if i walked into a Staples and bought $2000 worth of gift cards and some pens, and the total came out to $2007.63, would Chase know that $2000 of that is gift cards?

[Anonymous]

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@BD9 wrote:

I see, but (and I'm sorry if I'm being a bit "slow" here), is it typical for merchants to let the banks know what you purchased? I mean, if i walked into a Staples and bought $2000 worth of gift cards and some pens, and the total came out to $2007.63, would Chase know that $2000 of that is gift cards?

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Yes, Chase would know.

[CreditUnionFan]

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@Anonymous wrote:
I have a fairly large purchase coming up at lowes (Probably close to $5k) in the next 4 weeks or so. If I start to purchase lowes gift cards a couple hundred dollars at a time from staples what are the chances they aa me for that?

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If you have a large purchase coming up, be sure that any gift cards can be used on the purchase. E.g., would the purchase only permit the use of four cards at one time?

Keep in .mind also that you might lose benefits such as warranty, pro e, or return protection.

It might also be easier to apply for and use a Lowe's card since there are personal and business versions. The Lowe's business card issued by Synchrony still offers 5% immediate discount.