What Works Eligible Categories For The Citi Sears Card

The Citi Sears Shop frequently has spending offers where you earn a category bonus for online purchases. Reader Lyte has asked if we would do a community resource where people can ask post what did/didn’t work for them.

Online shopping

As always please contribute your own datapoints in the comments below.

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  • DP: Pepper Sam's gift card purchase counted as online purchase
    bonus points of 200k posted in about 4 days

  • I'm thinking of using Paypal Bill Pay to pay utilities to avoid the 2-3% credit card fee. Has anyone tried this? Does it count towards the ongoing promo spend towards utility companies?

  • Counted as online shopping:

    • Giftory: gift cards
    • Sam's Club: gift cards
    • MySchoolBucks: reloading student lunch balances
  • I might have already posted this, but Plastiq to pay rent did not trigger the online offer or the utilities offer.

  • Big Y grocery stores in MA and CT using the MyBigY app to pay works for online purchases -- and of course counts as grocery.

  • ConEdison (New York electricity and gas supplier) triggered the utilities offer, but not the online offer.

  • Worked this month:
    Firehouse Subs paid online for pickup
    Panera eGC (restaurant and gift card 20% off stack here)
    Chiptole paid online for pick up
    CostCo.com cash card
    bar/restaurant tab paid in person via QR Toast payment
    Pepper (Amazon and Home Depot)
    Card Cash QT Physical cards (I thought there were DPs about this not working but appears to have as it's the only way to get my total to match the progress email)

  • Based on most recent progress email for 250 in points after 1000 in online spend offer:
    Counted:
    -$200 SYW EVisa Purchase (Had to purchase with $1 worth of points and $199 charge on SYW Credit Card.
    -Water Bill Online Payment
    -TCB Gift Card Purchase
    -Paying check at Longhorn Steakhouse with Mobile Pay
    -Walmart Pay
    -Sunoco Pay via app
    -Wendy's purchase via App

    Did not count:
    -HOA Fees via CIT Bank online Property Pay
    -Starbucks (Paid with physical card)
    -Small Coffee Shop w/ Toast terminal (Paid w/ tap to pay)
    -Dentist office (paid w/ Physical card)
    -Dental Insurance payment online (United Concordia)
    -Dollar Tree Tap to Pay
    -Paying w/ Physical card at Walmart

    • I've failed with apple, google, samsung. I've seen at least one case where it failed for someone else with each of those.