Originally Posted by
antonius66
Honestly, I am shocked beyond words but happy you got reasonable service. Frankly, the entire "activate" the benefit is such BS anyway...yeah I got your card for X set of benefits, and I don't actually want them...that is why I made the purchase and got the card...so you could deny me because I didn't "turn on" the benefit first? Patently ridiculous.
the activate before use is just to introduce breakage. for merchant funded credits, it doesnt affect amex either way, so they are more agreeable