QUOTE(LostAndFound @ Aug 12 2014, 04:09 PM)
Your circumstances are so specific to you, purchasing groceries overseas. You already know the specific reason yet not happy with it because of your expectations. Unreasonably, as some of us have tried to explain to you.
Blaming HLB is butthurt because there's nothing they can do in your case. No control over the MCC (this is true even locally). Likely CS can't tell you MCC directly because its overseas transaction, and they don't deal with that very often. What you expect from them?
Now, for the forumer whose name not included, that one can complain about HLB. Their ridiculous "CB more than one month after spending", can blame. Your case however, I don't see anything to blame HLB.
For sure a bank has no control on merchant applied for what MCC, but when they are filing the claim, it is stated already.
What I "butthurt"(if this can make you fell happy as keyboard warrior) is, they can't tell me which MCC they used. Logic or not?
Even their T&C stated oversea transaction are valid for cash back, when the MCC matches. But in this case, they don't know the MCC and directly rejected the cash back?
If HLB in the first place stated clearly that WISE is a kampung hero card that can only be used in Malaysia, I won't use it at all and use my AMEX only.
Does my case specific to me only? Again, to you as a keyboard warrior that only dare to hide in Malaysia, yes. But for me or other people that will be visiting or working overseas, this serves a good reminder on the limitation of WISE.