bluCard
Limits for bluCard purchase activities are set by departments when they complete the Card Account Form (CAF) and are electronically enforced at the point-of-sale. They include:
- dollar limit per transaction ($4,999 maximum, including tax, shipping and handling).
- dollar limit per cycle as determined by the department
- dollar limit per day
- number of transactions per day
- number of transactions per cycle
- limits on type of vendors allowed. (BFS shows only certain merchant category codes to be used.)
Event Planner Card
Limits for Event Planner Card purchase activities are set by departments when they complete the Cardholder Account Form (CAF) and are electronically enforced at the point-of-sale. Cardholder limits include:
- Dollar limit per transaction ($35,000 maximum, including tax, shipping and handling)
- Dollar limit per cycle as determined by the department
- Dollar limit per day as determined by the Department
- Number of transactions per day
- Number of transactions per cycle
- Cycle period refreshes on the 11th of each month
- Limits on type of vendors allowed [MCC]
Travel Study Card
Limits for the Travel Study Card purchase activities are set by departments when they complete the Cardholder Account Form (CAF) and are electronically enforced at the point-of-sale. Cardholder limits include:
- Dollar limit per transaction ($35,000 maximum, including tax, shipping and handling)
- Dollar limit per cycle as determined by the department
- Dollar limit per day as determined by the Department
- Number of transactions per day [5]
- Number of transactions per cycle [50]
- Cycle period refreshes on the 11th of each month
- Limits on type of vendors allowed [MCC]
Purchase limits are set for each card by the department and are electronically enforced at the point-of-sale. To find out what your card limits are :
- call US Bank at (800) 344-5696 or
- check with your authorized signer who has a copy of the Card Account Form
If for some reason, your department needs to change the card limit on the card, the Authorized Signer for your unit must complete and submit a Card Account Form (CAF) to bluCard Administration for review. If you do not know who your Authorized Signer is, contact bluCard Administration for assistance.