Get your info. right. SBI Cashback TnC clearly exclude 9399. Most think it is 9311 but many a times you don't get it but on IT portal it is confirmed 9311 always. Some people pay via TPA and they use different MCC.
Exclusion List has this line, Check page number 34 of 49.
Utility transactions identified under MCCs 4900, 4814, 4816, 4899, 9399
Tax payments are identified under 9399/9311.
Whole Terms:
Cashback shall not be earned for following spends/transactions on the card,
- Any purchases at petrol pumps/service stations (MCCs: 5172, 5541, 5542, 5983)
- Balance transfers, Balance Transfer on EMIs
- Cash advances
- Financial charges (e.g., late payment fee, dishonored cheque charges, service fee, transaction
charges etc.)
- Disputed transactions
- Encash
- ATM Withdrawals
- E wallet loading transactions identified under MCCs 6540 and 6541
- Payments towards Rent/property management under MCCs 6513 and 7349
- Jewelry transactions identified under MCCs 5051, 5094, 7631, 5944
- School and Educational Services transactions identified under MCCs 5111, 5192, 5942, 5943,
8211, 8220, 8241, 8244, 8249, 8299, 8351
- Utility transactions identified under MCCs 4900, 4814, 4816, 4899, 9399
- Insurance transactions identified under MCCs 5960, 6300, 6381
- Card, Gift, Novelty & Souvenir Shops transactions identified under MCC 5947
- Railways transactions identified under MCCs 4011, 4112
Yes you can fight later by saying 9311 was not in exclusion list. But already many excluded MCC with SBI cashback card are giving 5% cashback like I got on 5051 jewellery. They can take it back always.