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Old Nov 9, 2009 | 1:08 pm
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Originally Posted by allga
Dear Black Tie--

For example, last month my AMEX was declined for a small purchase at the duty free shop at the Cairo airport. I simply switched to a MasterCard which went through fine, and asked the clerk for the AMEX decline slip. When I got home I called AMEX, told them the story, gave them the date and time on the slip, and was assured that:
How funny - last year I also had my Amex also declined in Cairo at the DFS. Called Amex and they couldn't find any record of the authorization ever being attempted.
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