[koolba]

Credit card rewards do not get a 1099 as they’re a rebate/discount on spent monies.

Banking sign up bonuses usually do as they’re classified as interest.

[icebraining]

Yeah, but the company spent the monies, and the employee got the rebate. Seems like an employment benefit to me.

[likpok]

Travel status/miles are sort of similar. It’s a basic racket: the airline rewards you for steering your company’s money to them. It seems to be broadly acceptable but I agree looks pretty sketchy when you boil it down to the basics.