Who Does/Does Not Accept Amex?

COOLTRIKERCHICK

i have found that some on-line retailers who do not take Amex will take paypal,

so i have registered my new amex card with paypal. and have made 2 purchases using paypal, but taking the money out of my amex card,

and i have checked my on-line statement, and caashback has been allocated.

hippey

emweaver wrote: »

Thats because amex / american express is american based

And the aquiring process is different they process all the cards together, in the UK Visa & Mastercard are processed together, Amex is a seperate aggreement & discount rate is normally more.

hippey

Mids_Costcutter wrote: »

London Midland do not accept Amex (this includes self-service ticket machines). However if you want to buy tickets for any of their services you could go to another train operator's web site such as Cross Country or Virgin Trains that do accept.

London Midland DO accept Amex (I have used it many times), and always have. The self service machines have problems with some of the cards issued, but the staffed windows do.

On train the guard may have to key enter the card number due to the chip card issue.

hippey

Mids_Costcutter wrote: »

I can confirm that as of yesterday, B&Q still do not accept Amex.

Does anyone know how much American Express charge retailers per transaction and how this compares with other credit card issuers?

The discount rates are in the region of:
V/M - 0.85 to 4%
Amex - 1.4% to 6.9%
Diners - 1.9% to 4%
Switch / Solo / Maestro : 12.5p to around 40p per trans
Visa Debit (all brands) 12.5p to 40p per trans

The rates are based on risk, rate of turnover and type of business. Other fee / charges apply, generally you will be looking at Terminal Rental, Polling Fees, Start up costs & minimum charges.

no_more_cards_for_me

Chiltern Railways don't have an option for payment via their website. Do the station ticket machines accept amex ?

Mr_Paul_JNR

Does anyone know if you can pay Virgin holiday account with amex ?

no_more_cards_for_me

Does Halfords take Amex ?

I need to buy some cycling gear tonight.

Thanks

quantumdefect

no_more_cards_for_me wrote: »

Does Halfords take Amex ?

I need to buy some cycling gear tonight.

Thanks

Probably too late now, but they do. I bought my sister's bike there.

no_more_cards_for_me

quantumdefect wrote: »

Probably too late now, but they do. I bought my sister's bike there.

Thanks - just spent a tidy sum there so more cashback

albo2002

I was in a Youngs pub the other day and was told they dont accept Amex

Ive been told by South West Trains that they do accept Amex