No miles are earned on 48 merchant categories, including cash advances, education, entertainment and fund transfers.
- Cash Advances
- 6010 Financial Institutions – Manual Cash Disbursements · 6011 Financial Institutions – Automated Cash Disbursements · 6050 Quasi Cash – Customer Financial Institution · 6051 Quasi Cash / Non-Financial · 6540 Non-Financial Institutions – Stored Value Card Purchase/Load
- Education
- 8211 Elementary & Secondary Schools · 8220 Colleges, Universities · 8241 Correspondence Schools · 8244 Business and Secretarial Schools · 8249 Vocational and Trade Schools · 8299 Schools/Instruction Services
- Entertainment
- 7801 Government Licensed On-Line Casinos (On-Line Gambling) (US Region only) · 7995 Betting, including Lottery Tickets, Casino Gaming Chips, Off-Track Betting, and Wagers at Race Tracks
- Fund Transfers
- 6534 Money Transfer Member · 6536 Moneysend - Intracountry · 6537 Moneysend - Intercountry · 6538 Moneysend Funding
- Healthcare
- 8062 Hospitals
- Insurance
- 5960 Direct Marketing – Insurance Services · 6300 Insurance Sales / Premiums
- Retail Shopping
- 5199 Nondurable Good · 7299 Other Services – Not Elsewhere Classified · 7349 Clean/Maint/Janitorial Services · 7511 Quasi Cash – Truck Stop Transactions
- Telecommunications
- 4829 Wire Transfer Money Orders
- Transport
- 7523 Automobile Parking Lots and Garages
- Utilities
- 4900 Utilities
- Other
- 6012 Financial Institutions – Merchandise, Services, and Debt Repayment · 6211 Securities — Brokers/Dealers · 6513 Real Estate Agents / Managers · 6529 Remote Stored Value Load - Member · 6530 Remote Stored Value Load - Merchant · 6532 PSP-Member-Payment Transaction · 6533 PSP-Merchant-Payment Transaction · 6555 Mastercard Imitated Rebate · 7399 Business Services (Not Elsewhere Classified) · 8398 Charitable/Social Organizations · 8651 Political Organizations · 8661 Religious Organizations · 8999 Professional Services (NEC) · 9211 Court Costs, Including Alimony and Child Support · 9222 Fines · 9223 Bail and Bond Payments · 9311 Tax Payments · 9399 Government Services (Not Elsewhere Classified) · 9402 Postal Services – Government Only · 9405 Intra-Government Purchases – Government Only · 9754 Gambling – Horse Racing, Dog Racing, State Lotteries
- Specific merchants
- AXS · BUS/MRT · EZ-LINK · GrabPay top-up · PayLah! · PayNow · SimplyGo · Singtel Dash · TRANSIT