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IKEA / Discover 5% Home Improvement?

Simply827
Established Contributor
‎09-06-2015 07:12 AM
‎09-06-2015 07:12 AM

Re: IKEA / Discover 5% Home Improvement?

I just went back and looked at my Spend Analyzer. Ikea is categorized as Merchandise/Retail.

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nixforfun
Established Member
‎09-06-2015 05:12 PM
‎09-06-2015 05:12 PM

Re: IKEA / Discover 5% Home Improvement?

I recently made a purchase at Ikea and it was not classified as Home Improvement by Discover

 

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Anonymous
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‎09-06-2015 11:26 PM
‎09-06-2015 11:26 PM

Re: IKEA / Discover 5% Home Improvement?

Furniture stores and home improvement are two different categories. The categorisation Discover uses is in agreement with visa/mc mcc.
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Themanwhocan
Senior Contributor
‎09-07-2015 06:31 AM
‎09-07-2015 06:31 AM

Re: IKEA / Discover 5% Home Improvement?

@Anonymous wrote:
Furniture stores and home improvement are two different categories. The categorisation Discover uses is in agreement with visa/mc mcc.

Good point. Ikea counts in the Furniture store 5% category for the US Bank Cash+ card.





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