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Bad news for Smartbuy and other Amazon Affiliate Purchases!!!

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My amazon purchases through smartbuy was not going through on my HDFC Infinia so I called the Concierge team to get this checked and they told me that amazon has pulled out from all affiliate programs of all banks and I wont be able to make any more purchases on Amazon via Smartbuy.
Moreover they said that it will be announced officially on 1st July.
This is really a blow to all the credit card holders who used affiliate links to get discount especially infinia card holders who got 16.67% points.

Can anyone else confirm this??
 
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pranavcool said:
Try connecting with other. Agent and confirm
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No point... That agent she put me on hold for about 4-5 minutes... She said it is a recent notice from HDFC bank. She read out the entire thing from somewhere "Amazon is pulling out affiliate programs from all banking ecosystems notice will be issued from 1st July". I have the recording also.
So... Be prepared for the worst...
 
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Rishi Singh said:
No point... That agent she put me on hold for about 4-5 minutes... She said it is a recent notice from HDFC bank. She read out the entire thing from somewhere "Amazon is pulling out affiliate programs from all banking ecosystems notice will be issued from 1st July". I have the recording also.
So... Be prepared for the worst...
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Can you post/attach the call recording... maybe cut it and upload only that part...
 
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It worked for me yesterday. The credit card transaction message said that it was used on AMAZSMARTBUY. However, when I made a purchase today on Amazon via smartbuy (Amazon Fresh), the credit card transaction message just said AMAZON.
 
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TechnoFino said:
check merchant name, if its amazonsmartbuy or just amazon
for me it showing amazon only
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I did a transaction last week, was just showing Amazon. And others were facing this issue since long.
Here:

Smartbuy Cashback not received

Hello Everyone, I am having HDFC Millennia Credit Card. On 31st March, I spent ₹15k on Amazon through Smartbuy. On 1st of April, I again spent ₹900 on Amazon through Smartbuy. I have received the 5% cashback for the 1st April transaction but not for the 31st March. When I checked the merchant...
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navonline7 said:
how do I check for bonus points per transaction? Is that information only available in the statement?
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It generally shows in my mobile banking app, in the credit card reward points section in 3-6 days. You just have to keep track of your last points balance and calculate whether you have got the bonus points...
The base reward points generally shows immediately in the mobile banking app when the transaction appears in your credit card's unbilled transactions. However the bonus reward poins takes 2-3 days more... You just have to keep track...
 
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Rishi Singh said:
My amazon purchases through smartbuy was not going through on my HDFC Infinia so I called the Concierge team to get this checked and they told me that amazon has pulled out from all affiliate programs of all banks and I wont be able to make any more purchases on Amazon via Smartbuy.
Moreover they said that it will be announced officially on 1st July.
This is really a blow to all the credit card holders who used affiliate links to get discount especially infinia card holders who got 16.67% points.

Can anyone else confirm this??
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Yes , seems like the concierge agent is true , transaction through amazonsmartbuy is not going through..
 
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