Tips to Boost your eBucks

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anybody else?
My credit card billing month cycle was changed to 5prev_month to 4curr_month - without me requesting it.
 
My profile still hasn't been updated since I downgraded my account, still shows as being on reward level 1 whereas I should be on 5 with combined cheque/credit accounts. Not going to harass them yet but hope it updates soon as I have done some huge swipes since my downgrade but would imagine it would only reflect on my ebucks at the end of December?

mine is also mess atm because i upgraded.

On the ebucks site it shows I have a private cheque account and private wealth credit card, where they are suppose to be only private on both.

Will phone them next week to sort it out.
 
I noticed that with the new Platinum rules they expect all the cardholders to act like rich hotshots that have large investments and fly around the world.

You know what, if you put R500/m into a share saver account you would get to 10k in +- 18 months and 50 k in less than 5 years. The 50 k will still be yours not the banks so it seems they are trying to make you 50 k richer.
 
You know what, if you put R500/m into a share saver account you would get to 10k in +- 18 months and 50 k in less than 5 years. The 50 k will still be yours not the banks so it seems they are trying to make you 50 k richer.
Hehehe...
And Mercedes is trying to make you a more dignified person by selling you their new E-Class?
 
Hehehe...
And Mercedes is trying to make you a more dignified person by selling you their new E-Class?

No no no old chap I drive a Jaaag.

Still my reasoning is sound, to me it looks like you get benefits for saving and if you hold a lot of products from them.

Disclaimer: I can't actually afford a Jaguar . Statement made for humour.
 
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Bundled Platinum pricing option
From 1 October 2014, if you hold a qualifying FNB Platinum Cheque and Credit Card Account, you will
qualify for the Bundled Platinum pricing option of R199 on your Platinum Cheque Account. This discounted
fee will include your Platinum Cheque Account and Credit Card monthly fees as well as your eBucks linkage
fee and fees for up to 5 additional Credit Cards.
To find out more about this pricing option, please refer to the Personal Cheque Account section.

Hasn't this rule changed?


eBucks Rewards*
• As a Credit Card customer, you can earn eBucks* for doing everyday things like shopping, filling up with fuel
or loading airtime using your FNB Credit Card and doing your banking with FNB
• You can spend your eBucks on fuel, electronics and appliances, travel, books, CDs and DVDs, flowers,
outdoor equipment, fashion – pretty much anything!
• You will get a guaranteed 1% back in eBucks on your Credit Card spend and up to 15% back on your fuel,
prepaid airtime, electricity, Checkers & Shoprite spend
• For detailed information on how to qualify, earn and redeem your eBucks, please visit www.fnb.co.za or any
FNB Branch

there is no up-to ? with regards to the 1% noticed on eBucks it shows differently 0,5 % >
 
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My eBucks have been allocated and again they have got it wrong. Still no resolution to last months mess and now again. I was not allocated the points for using between 10 and 90% of my credit card limit.
 
My eBucks have been allocated and again they have got it wrong. Still no resolution to last months mess and now again. I was not allocated the points for using between 10 and 90% of my credit card limit.

Exact same **** up on my side. Will call the bastards tomorrow.
 
Exact same **** up on my side. Will call the bastards tomorrow.

Extremely irratating and as a result was only allocated 14600 ebucks when i should have got just over 25000. Another day of being passed around FNB trying to resolve coming up.
 
2nd month on the new ebucks rules that I did get to level 5 on platinum. Not complaining, but Se@n makes it sound like he earns a ****load more than me, even though I am on level 5. Got +- 9000 ebucks, which is about the norm for me.

But I do think I am losing out somewhere, I got super low ebucks rewards for online shopping, when that is probably where most of my spend is going. Instead that spend went off against normal shopping...so losing out on 2% there.
 
I seem to be at around eB 6500 per month on level 5, but I still need to look a bit deeper and see what really happens, because I did have a bit of a spree on Takealot and the rewards for online shopping seems a little low.

I didn't get these points:
"Do all your payments and transfers during the month via our electronic channels instead of an FNB Branch"
but got nearly everything else so very comfortably beyond 18 000 points. It just makes you wonder what else is not correct. This is going to be a spendy month for almost every one so if they aren't going to do back-pay for all the people who missed out, they shoud at least get the next month right.
 
2nd month on the new ebucks rules that I did get to level 5 on platinum. Not complaining, but Se@n makes it sound like he earns a ****load more than me, even though I am on level 5. Got +- 9000 ebucks, which is about the norm for me.

But I do think I am losing out somewhere, I got super low ebucks rewards for online shopping, when that is probably where most of my spend is going. Instead that spend went off against normal shopping...so losing out on 2% there.

This month is a little abnormal, typically earn around 16000 per month. My online shopping is also low, dont think they are correctly allocating online transactions. Will have to query as well.
 
This doesn't really help:
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My Gold accounts have been closed for two or three months now. I'm thinking this is why FNBConnect still says 0%.
 
Quick question, buying fuel do you do that on credit card? Does it attract immediate interest? Please someone that actually has experience and not speculation. I've just got my credit card in an attempt to boost my level but obviously I don't want to start paying interest on fuel.w
 
Quick question, buying fuel do you do that on credit card? Does it attract immediate interest? Please someone that actually has experience and not speculation. I've just got my credit card in an attempt to boost my level but obviously I don't want to start paying interest on fuel.w

Buying on your petro card attracts interest immediately, buying on your credit card is treated as a normal POS transaction and is interest free within your billing cycle (so long as you are a transactor vs revolver)
 
Buying on your petro card attracts interest immediately, buying on your credit card is treated as a normal POS transaction and is interest free within your billing cycle (so long as you are a transactor vs revolver)

Okay cool, I just have a standard plat credit card so I should be good? Now to figure out my billing cycle! Any easy way to do that?

I see if I set my auto payment to the full amount this will happen on the 22nd does that mean my billing period is up to the 22nd?
 
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I would ideally like it to run from colander month to calander month.

Here is an extract on the page I'm on:

Please Note
For your convenience, payment of your monthly premium will be by a direct debit from your selected account.
Changing your payment date will affect your billing cycle. Please contact the number at the back of your card for any queries.
 
Quick question, buying fuel do you do that on credit card? Does it attract immediate interest? Please someone that actually has experience and not speculation. I've just got my credit card in an attempt to boost my level but obviously I don't want to start paying interest on fuel.w
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Credit Card Account and Credit Facility Terms and Conditions of Use – November 2014
23.2
Transactions that will always attract interest immediately
23.2.1
Interest will be charged immediately from the transaction date for the
following transactions, if the Credit facility is utilized to make these
transactions:

Cash withdrawals;

Travellers cheque purchases with the Credit Card and certain
forex transaction;

Electronic funds transfers which result in a debit balance on your
Credit Facility;

All budget facility transactions and balance transfers;

Fuel or fuel-related transactions on the Petro Card; and

Any transaction whereby the Credit Card is not swiped at a point
of sale device and considered to be a cash transaction
https://www.fnb.co.za/downloads/credit-cards/Terms-and-Conditions-effective-October-2014.pdf
 
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