points calculation

[glass]

anyone notice, bonus points are now no longer rounded up since Apr 1

ie, it used to be that say you spend $17.50. You get 18 pts
then your bonus pts are calculated on the 18pts

last mth Rewards Maximiser would be extra 9pts at 0.5bonus

now it's 0.5 of 17.5, rounded down to 8pts

So at the new rate, and since bonusessi are split into 2 groups, you get
Rewards Maximiser 4 @0.25
Points Accelerator 8 @0.5
for a total of 30pts

which is not the expected $17.50*1.75 =30.625 rounded up to 32 in the old system.
not much diff for you ppl spending 30k/mth, but interesting to note anyway.

 

[Flashback]

I've found my Platinum Bonus still rounds up, and the Accelerator Bonus (as part of the $2/1 point promo) does most times also, however sometimes not.

 

[oz_mark]

My platinum bonus is sometimes up, sometimes down. Over a month or so, it averages out about right.

 

[Flashback]

And note also that the Accelerator Bonus will differ based on the transaction amount, depending on where it lands in the last $0 -> $2 of the amount.

 

[serfty]

Plat at 1.5 example from this week:

$118.90   119   60  179
 $29.74    30   15   45
 $15.05    15    7   22

 

[JohnK]

Rounding up still appears to be case on my Gold card....

 $14.00    14    7    21
 $17.99    18    9    27
  $4.96     5    3     8
 $30.26    30   15    45
  $7.60     8    3    11
  $3.80     4    2     6
  $3.80     4    2     6
 $10.84    11    5    16
  $7.60     8    4    12
  $7.60     8    4    12
  $7.60     8    4    12
 $30.37    30   15    45

 

[glass]

Well my MR 0.25 rate is definitely rounded down
but the Accelerator Bonus is sometimes rounded up...