The discrimination issue is bogus. If the original poster wants his 5% discount he can go into any Chase bank, open a checking account, ask to be issued a MasterCard debit card and get the same 5% discount on Continental.com as he could with the credit card.

I am traveling right now and don't have time to review the entire thread at this time. I will do so, probably later tonight. If I find objectionable items above I will take the appropriate action. For those of you who may have made inflammatory remarks, read this comment as a hint to go back and hit the edit button now! ...

Xyzzy
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