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Nov 18, 2008 | 5:12 pm

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thehawk75

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Originally Posted by craz

after getting the DENIED for the TCs on 11/7 I was offered the option of getting the Gift Cards, I was in need of the TCs as Gifts and for travel

thats when I was informed of the $2.50 per $100 fee , with $100 being the max per card

others here are posting about GCs online, different from what I knew about

Are you sure you're referring to 'gift cards'? When I went to my AMEX and was denied the TC's, I was offered 'gift cheques' for $2.50 per $100, maximum $1000.

Of course, that 2.5% fee really eats up any value to doing this.

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