do you have to be a student to get this card?

Thanks OP, as I was able to easily convert my Platinum Select Card to the mtvU.

My question is, has anyone noticed anything besides the card-defined criteria (and Amazon) that qualifies for the 5 ThankYou points for every dollar spent? Or any places that did NOT qualify for the 5 TYP and you feel should have? I feel such feedback would be very helpful for others using the card. Perhaps we could update the quick summary with this info?

timiddy said:Thanks OP, as I was able to easily convert my Platinum Select Card to the mtvU.

My question is, has anyone noticed anything besides the card-defined criteria (and Amazon) that qualifies for the 5 ThankYou points for every dollar spent? Or any places that did NOT qualify for the 5 TYP and you feel should have? I feel such feedback would be very helpful for others using the card. Perhaps we could update the quick summary with this info?

My campus bookstore is coded as "ORGANIZATION: COLLEGES,UNIVERSITIES,PROFESSIONAL" instead of "Bookstore." However, I think most campus bookstores are coded as bookstores.

If I added up my points correctly last month, I was only credited 1% for purchasing MS Money through Amazon.com.

I think I am also only get 1% from Amazon for non-book purchases.

I get 5 points from Amazon, otherwise I wouldn't be getting as many bonus points as it list. The bulk of my purchases were from Amazon, followed by BN.com (which did not earn me bonus points, grr), and then fast food places. There are 2 types of Amazon payments,

AMZ*Amazon Payments AMZN.COM/BILLWA <-I think this is if you order from a 3rd party merchant on Amazon

AMZ*SUPERSTORE AMZN.COM/BILLWA <-This is direct from Amazon and nets the bonus points

wiredspider said:I get 5 points from Amazon, otherwise I wouldn't be getting as many bonus points as it list. The bulk of my purchases were from Amazon, followed by BN.com (which did not earn me bonus points, grr), and then fast food places. There are 2 types of Amazon payments,

AMZ*Amazon Payments AMZN.COM/BILLWA <-I think this is if you order from a 3rd party merchant on Amazon

AMZ*SUPERSTORE AMZN.COM/BILLWA <-This is direct from Amazon and nets the bonus pointsVery interesting... so what if your single purchase include both Amazon-owned items and 3rd-party items? Which of one of the two payment types will it be?

StartingMoney said:I think BarnesandNoble.com is available through Citi's ThankYou Network. +3 points/dollar according to the ThankYou Merchants page.

You can get 7% back if you use the Discover card and their link in addition to their ordinary CashBack bonus.

The best thing about this card is that every bar I've been to so far counts as a 5pt/$1 purchase.

Just ordered my first $50 GC after 3 months of use.

Now my question is have any of you tried to buy Amazon gift certificates with your mtvU card and see if you get the 5 points per buck? If so you could use that loophole to get 5 points per buck on everything on Amazon.com.

The downside to doing this is that you won't get the A9 discount. So if you're redeeming your points for Amazon gift certificates it's more like 4.67% CashBack not 4.75%

Edit: A9 discount actually applies before gift certificates it seems...