Originally Posted by
canadiancow
A preauth is not a charge. It's a test of the card to see if it can handle a charge of that size. It's easy to preauth $5000 and then immediately cancel it, just to verify that your potential customer is good for it.
A pre-auth isn't a test, it's a hold. One can
use a pre-auth as a test then cancel it quickly. But whatever amount is pre-authorized subtracts from the available credit limit, and will do so until it expires, is cancelled, or is converted to a charge.
Originally Posted by
Preo
Another data point:
YYZ-DEN today
Super Elite with Amex Air Canada Card: stated benefit is that the Air Canada Card has priority over pax with same status that hold Reserve Card.
booked cash flex
7 pax in front of me in eup list - must all be MM+ or VIP, but seems unlikely.
Are they changing upgrade priority?
Firstly, the publicly visible list is not always accurate. There are many tales about that in this thread.
As for the "stated" priority being ahead of Reserve cards, does Amex or AC actually commit that anywhere? The understanding here is that the "Air Canada Card" is a "Super Premium" card (Amex Reserve and TD/CIBC VIP being "Premium"), and that it
should convey higher upgrade priority, but I don't see that listed as a benefit on the Amex page for that card.