There could be any number of reasons for a decline, Jay. You, as a
merchant, are not privy to the reason for the decline.

I'll go along with that, myself. I had a gas charge declined, but I don't
remember why, exactly. It was something to do with the company seeing
charges that made them think something suspicious was happening with the
card. Made me mad as h*ll, at first, but was easily fixed with a phone
call.

It's kinda funny, I guess, but in some sort of a "paybacks are hell"
category we just this morning had our credit card declined for a gas fill up
at Grand Glaize Airport, in Missouri, during the mass departure from the
Cherokee Pilots Association fly-in!

I still haven't got to the bottom of it (we never carry a balance) but I
clearly must have caused a "ripple in The Force" by talking about this issue
on Usenet!

:-)
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Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"