(First Tech’s travel category is made up of certain airline, transportation and lodging merchants)
Airlines:
Airline tickets made directly with the airlines will qualify unless the merchant has set up such purchases to not be included in the airline category. Please note that other air travel-related purchases may or may not qualify; for example, in-flight purchases, the purchasing of airline miles or points, non-ticket purchases made within the airport, and airline tickets purchased through travel agencies, discount travel sites, vacation clubs, tour operators, or tickets booked as part of a travel package offered by non-airline merchants unless the merchant has set up such purchases to be classified in the airline category.
Transportation:
Car rentals for the purpose of driver and passenger transportation will qualify unless the merchant has set up such purchases to not be included in the transportation category. Please note that other car rentals not booked directly with the car rental agency may not qualify; for example, car rentals purchased through travel agencies, discount travel sites, vacation clubs, tour operators, or as part of a package offered by merchants such as cruise lines and railways
Merchants in the local transit/commuting category include operators of buses, taxis, limousines, cruises, travel agencies and tour operator unless the merchant has set up purchases to not be included in the transportation category.  Please note that some merchants that provide transportation and related services are not included in this category; for example, freight railroads, passenger railways, ambulance services, moving and storage companies, local deliveries, couriers services, boat leases and rentals, marinas and marine services and supplies, bridge and road fees and tools, motorhome and recreational vehicle rentals, truck rentals, automobile parking lots and garages unless the merchant has set up such purchases to be classified in the transportation category.
Lodging:
Lodging merchants may include and are not limited to those in the following categories: hotels, motels, smaller establishments like bed & breakfasts, and inns. Please note that hotel accommodations not booked directly with the hotel may or may not qualify; for example, hotel accommodations purchased through travel agencies, discount travel sites, vacation clubs, tour operators, or as part of a package offered by merchants such as cruise lines and railways. Please note that purchases other than your room bill on the hotel premises will not be included in the hotel accommodations category unless the hotel has set up such purchases to be classified in a hotel category; for example, restaurant or entertainment purchases. Please note that the purchasing of hotel points will not qualify in this category. In addition, lodging like short term rentals of spare rooms, apartments and homes, Timeshares, campgrounds and trailer parks service merchants will not be included in this category unless the merchant has set up such purchases to be classified in the lodging category.