RE: OT: Amex is NOT a credit card

["White, Peter" <peter.white@xxxxxxx>]

And a final word, they also do a credit card (Amex platinum) with 2% cash
back once you've spent =A35k (not a problem these days!).  That's what
move=
d
me away from Egg after they cut theirs to 0.5%.

-----Original Message-----
From: Ben McCormack [mailto:ben.mccormack@xxxxxxx]=20
Sent: 13 May 2003 14:20
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] OT: Amex is NOT a credit card


Just to add to this discussion. AMEX do a Credit Card (AMEX Blue) that give
me 1% of everything I spend back in cash!

Ben

-----Original Message-----
From: Gerard McGovern [mailto:stuff@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 13 May 2003 13:20
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] OT: Amex is NOT a credit card


> > You and I obviously have different ideas about money. I
absolutely=20
> > hate being in debt to anyone and pay my credit card bills
> off at the
> > end of each month. In fact using my Amex means I don't
> really have a
> > choice.
>
> Just a word of warning, Amex is a charge card, and is not covered
by=20
> the legislation which covers credit cards, this means that your=20
> consumer rights are at a distinct disadvantage compared with using
a=20
> credit card.
>
> I'm only posting this as I had a rather nasty run-in with Amex and
a=20
> car hire company, said company raised an incorrect charge against
my=20
> Amex account and Amex would/could not help, they said I had to get
the=20
> car hire company to do it - took about 6 months to solve it.

The type of American Express card I have means I do have the same
protectio=
n
as that of a credit card. But I do take your point.

G



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