<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by sohu:
I was trying to purchase savings bond using my corporate AMEX card from the website. I got a message that the card could not be authorized. I tried other (personal) card and it worked fine. When I called the customer service rep, they mentioned that the purchase is coming thru as "retail purchase". I also tried for the lowest denomination of savings bond but the amount of the bond did not make any difference. Also, the available credit limit on the corporate card was enough for the purchase of bond(s). So credit limit was also not the problem.
I have used corporate card for some other personal purchases and have never defaulted on my payments. This was the only time I had trouble using the corporate card for personal expense. I'm using corporate card becoz my personal card does not have enough credit line and plus I would like to get Membership Rewards.
Did anyone of you had the same experience? Any thoughts on how can I get around this problem. Is there any way I can purchase these bonds over the phone and have AMEX CSR on the second phone line.
Thanks in advance.</font>
I've had problems with purchases over the internet not being authorized because the address I'm trying send the purchase to, and the address on my credit card account is different, even slighlty. Sometimes I have to check my bank statement to make sure I'm entering it in exactly as they have it, or the purchase may not get approved.