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From: edg@micropro.UUCP (Ed Greenberg)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: Amex card fees
Message-ID: <132@micropro.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 28-Jul-85 23:13:05 EDT
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Posted: Sun Jul 28 23:13:05 1985
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Summary: amex credit limits are very flexible

In article <69600026@hp-pcd.UUCP>, john@hp-pcd.UUCP (john) writes:
>   You also have to be careful when using a credit card to pay for a hotel
> room....
> John Eaton
> !hplabs!hp-pcd!john

I suspect that a decline should be followed by a call to the 800 number.
Explain that you've used the card in five hotels this week and think
that you are over authorized. You will probably get the next authorization 
approved.

Some notes...  There is NO mention of a credit limit in the AMEX cardmember
agreement.  Further, AMEX sells their card as better than VISA or MC because
they do not impose a "fixed" credit limit.  It is determined by your history
and needs.

I also suspect that car rentals are much more guilty of overauthorizing 
than hotels.   
-- 
			-edg

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