Are there any of you folks out there that carry the Good Sam VISA Signature Card with REC Rewards like I do? If so, do you use it to pay for bona fide campgrounds. According to the Benefits of the Good Sam Club, if you use the card to pay for bona fide campgrounds then you'll earn three REC Rewards points for every dollar spent. I recently returned home from being gone for two months and noticed that I didn't receive all of the points that I should have. It seems that Barclaycard who handles all of the credit transactions you make on the Good Sam VISA Signature Card with REC Rewards likes to screw you out of those two extra points just because some of the campgrounds doesn't meet their criteria of Merchant Category classification. Almost always you have to go after those clowns at Barclaycard with the help of Good Sam Club to get those extra points adjusted to your account. I didn't know if anybody else is having this same kind of trouble or is it just me.

Well, that seems like a hassle to have to track it. If you signed up just for the points, I would point this out to Marcus and his great customer service group. They are doing what they can to right some of these issues.

Thanks for the reply ReneeG. I was beginning to think that I was the only person on this Forum that had one of these cards. Yes, it is a hassle trying to get the extra additional points from Barclaycard that they cheated me out of. And yes, I have contacted Marcus and Good Sam Club's Customer Service Center to complain about Barclaycard's mishandling of the Benefits Program.

Since my TC refuses to turn into a campground I carry Cabelas Visa. Awesome points for outdoor gear!!

~DJ~ wrote:Since my TC refuses to turn into a campground I carry Cabelas Visa. Awesome points for outdoor gear!!I'm sort of with DJ on this. Boondock, USFS, BLM or National park campgrounds. Bass Pro rewards card, REI membership, and Credit Cards that say USAA.

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ReneeG
Explorer
Jun 08, 2014
Well, that seems like a hassle to have to track it. If you signed up just for the points, I would point this out to Marcus and his great customer service group. They are doing what they can to right some of these issues.
exhaustipated
Explorer
Jun 08, 2014
Thanks for the reply ReneeG. I was beginning to think that I was the only person on this Forum that had one of these cards. Yes, it is a hassle trying to get the extra additional points from Barclaycard that they cheated me out of. And yes, I have contacted Marcus and Good Sam Club's Customer Service Center to complain about Barclaycard's mishandling of the Benefits Program.
exhaustipated
Explorer
Jun 08, 2014
Thanks for the reply ReneeG. I was beginning to think that I was the only person on this Forum that had one of these cards. Yes, it is a hassle trying to get the extra additional points from Barclaycard that they cheated me out of. And yes, I have contacted Marcus and Good Sam Club's Customer Service Center to complain about Barclaycard's mishandling of the Benefits Program.
_DJ_1
Explorer II
Jun 09, 2014
Since my TC refuses to turn into a campground I carry Cabelas Visa. Awesome points for outdoor gear!!
Buzzcut1
Nomad II
Jun 09, 2014
~DJ~ wrote:
Since my TC refuses to turn into a campground I carry Cabelas Visa. Awesome points for outdoor gear!!

I'm sort of with DJ on this. Boondock, USFS, BLM or National park campgrounds. Bass Pro rewards card, REI membership, and Credit Cards that say USAA.
bka0721
Explorer II
Jun 09, 2014
I stayed in a campground once this year! My TC doesn't refuse them, I just don't look for them or ever go to an area that has them.

But, maybe I could provide a different aspect. Rather than putting the spyglass on the Large Corporation, maybe the different campgrounds are not putting the code in to give you the credit? Someone pays for these benefits and credits. Years ago when I was traveling a bunch, I would stay at Comfort Inns, as they gave you a night free, after staying with them during non black out periods. Comfort Inn locations were famous for not inputing the code to allow the credit to be assigned to your account. Especially after you made the reservation with your Customer ID #.

Someone pays for it, sometimes it is not who might expect.

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805gregg
Explorer
Jun 09, 2014
Not that
deltabravo
Nomad
Jun 09, 2014
B of A Mastercard World Points reward card.

I use the card for a lot of purchases. Point build up, then I cash in the points for gift cards. Last gift card was a $500 card to Sears. I bought a sweet work bench for my garage.
_DJ_1
Explorer II
Jun 09, 2014
I know a local contractor who runs his business through Cabelas Visa card. He basically gets a new (free) gun every month or two!! Problem is Cabelas now sends him 1099"s!! LOL
Redsky
Explorer
Jun 14, 2014
We use credit cards that provide us with points for Hilton, Hyatt, Sheraton, and Holiday Inn. In our travels inside and outside the USA (Germany, Italy, France, Austria, China, Costa Rica, etc.) we have paid for a room 10% of the time. The remainder have been free and thanks to the way the points are evaluated we get a concierge level upgrade automatically.

If we got a 1% discount with gas purchases or similar programs that is worth $10 with a $1000 in purchases. Instead we get a free night at a hotel that is worth well over $100.

I no longer shop at Cabelas as they do not stand behind even their own branded products.