Originally Posted by
ffsim
Just to offer some firsthand experience on the bolded bit: I've successfully bid on upgrades a handful of times, and in every instance, I received a notification from my Amex app of the Plusgrade charge going through hours before receiving any notification whatsoever from Plusgrade that my bid was successful.
Thanks. I see that sometimes with purchases made from a few online retailers.... mostly 15-20 minutes after the charge, but a few hours once before. Not sure if it's a quirk with their mail servers or not. Can't blame AC for that one either.
Then there are the credit card emails I get before the cashier in front of me can print my receipt...