American Express Discussion Area

Tarquin_2

billion25 wrote:

All spend before Oct 1st will be subject to the old tiers...all spend post October 1st will be subject to the new tiers. The changes are not retroactive. If you've been at the 2% tier since, say, August, you'll earn the 2% on spend in August and September but that will drop on spend post October 1st.

That's absolutely true, but it's still a big con when I've been spending to reach the 2% level for the end of the year only to see it taken away mid year.:mad:

lady_carrie1980

Hello, first time poster here.

Anyways I'm going on holiday in a few weeks time and have heard about the American express holiday credit card. Has one used this before? if so it is good or bad?

exel1966

If you're referring to the card I think you are,

http://www.americanexpress.com/uk/tcc/index.shtml

then it's NOT a credit card. It's marketed as a Travellers Cheque Card. Obviously the card just replaces the paper cheques. You have to load it with cash first.

kyoob

A tale of woe about my amex account

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=262139

eagle

Don't know if this known around here but AmEx have a Travel service available (on their UK site, click on the Travel link at the top of the page).

I received what looked like a genuine e-mail from them this week saying that the service was closing from 22/09/2006 until some time in February so they could perform some maintenance or upgrades. Now, I'm always cautious of e-mails from any card or bank company. I checked their site and there is nothing on it suggesting this.

Has anyone also received this e-mail or better still does anyone who works for AmEx know anything further?

omega27

Have previously used my Amex in Debenhams no problems. Recently their Chip & Pin machine comes up with Error C064. Thought it was my card, but my wife's brand new one has exactly the same problem. Convincing the cashier to swipe the card is sometimes a problem, but when they do it goes through fine. Anyone else had the same issues?

eagle

eagle wrote:

Don't know if this known around here but AmEx have a Travel service available (on their UK site, click on the Travel link at the top of the page).

I received what looked like a genuine e-mail from them this week saying that the service was closing from 22/09/2006 until some time in February so they could perform some maintenance or upgrades. Now, I'm always cautious of e-mails from any card or bank company. I checked their site and there is nothing on it suggesting this.

Has anyone also received this e-mail or better still does anyone who works for AmEx know anything further?

Well, replying to myself here, but it looks like the e-mail was not a hoax. AmEx travel service has now closed until "sometime" in 2007.

That's one less reason to like AmEx now. The Travel service searched all airlines and booked fares at excellent prices. It was almost always cheaper than Expedia.co.uk

AQUA-IAN

Saucepot wrote:

With the lower bands identical for platinum and blue, is there any point to the blue anymore?

It will only be a matter of time before Blue is replaced.

eagle

I'm very confused with regards to the Blue card situation. The Blue card that I openned earlier this month came with the 'old style' T&Cs, i.e. the lower band of cashback was 0.5% for the first £2.5k annual spend. This is weird.

1jim

This is such a long thread, I have to admit that I havnt read it all, could anyone tell me which shops definatly do (and dont) accept amex, inc online shops. Am thinking about the amex platinum or the amex red card...any advice
thanks
jim