Sick of Amex. Now what?
Mar 25, 2005 | 5:45 pm
#1
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Join Date: Mar 2005
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Sick of Amex. Now what?
I've had an American Express card forever, and I've accumulated about 300,000 Membership Rewards miles. I don't fly enough to have any particular "home airline", so I've left most of the miles on the card, and I just transfer them to whichever airline I'll need.
But I'm sick of places not taking Amex, I'm sick of paying $55/year, and the last straw was when I returned from a vacation in France to discover they'd cancelled my card for "fraud protection".
Are there any Visa/MC cards that have the wide range of airline transfers available from Amex? Is there any way to get my miles over to them?
But I'm sick of places not taking Amex, I'm sick of paying $55/year, and the last straw was when I returned from a vacation in France to discover they'd cancelled my card for "fraud protection".
Are there any Visa/MC cards that have the wide range of airline transfers available from Amex? Is there any way to get my miles over to them?
Mar 25, 2005 | 8:35 pm
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: NYC
Programs: CO/OnePass Platinum, *wood Gold, Hyatt Diamond, HiltonHonors Gold, Amex Platinum, Hertz #1CG 5*
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But I'm sick of places not taking Amex, I'm sick of paying $55/year, and the last straw was when I returned from a vacation in France to discover they'd cancelled my card for "fraud protection".
As for anti-fraud measures, it's part of the card industry now...card issuers such as Citi and Chase are more stringent on monitoring 'out of pattern' card activity than Amex. Contact Amex before your trip abroad and let them know where you'll be travelling. The CSR will note it in your account and you should have no difficulty with using the card on your travels. I've done this with Amex & other card issuers and have not experienced any usage stops during my business or personal travels.
Mar 26, 2005 | 5:18 am
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Lodi, CA
Posts: 592
Originally Posted by Jay Levitt
I've had an American Express card forever, and I've accumulated about 300,000 Membership Rewards miles. I don't fly enough to have any particular "home airline", so I've left most of the miles on the card, and I just transfer them to whichever airline I'll need.
But I'm sick of places not taking Amex, I'm sick of paying $55/year, and the last straw was when I returned from a vacation in France to discover they'd cancelled my card for "fraud protection".
Are there any Visa/MC cards that have the wide range of airline transfers available from Amex? Is there any way to get my miles over to them?
But I'm sick of places not taking Amex, I'm sick of paying $55/year, and the last straw was when I returned from a vacation in France to discover they'd cancelled my card for "fraud protection".
Are there any Visa/MC cards that have the wide range of airline transfers available from Amex? Is there any way to get my miles over to them?
The kind of problems you had are pretty much same with the rest of the cards. You can try the new DC/MC which can be used everywhere and to avoid the fee, you can have Citigold status with Citibank where you have a total deposit of 100,000 $ in all of your accounts combined.