AOPA credit card --- WARNING.

Cub Driver wrote:

I don't know about hotels, but many enterprises don't accept anything
but MC and Visa. I presently carry a Delta/Amex card (12,500 free
miles for signing up, and no fee for the first 12 months) but I make
sure to carry a backup Visa card in my wallet.

I use my AMEX (one of the first cards I ever got, member since 1981)
when travelling and I carry a second AMEX which is a freebie that has
my COSTCO membership card tacked on it. It only gets used at COSTCO.

To get back on subject, I don't use my AOPA credit card except when
shopping at Sporty's.

I use my AOPA card only for airplane expenses. Get my rebate plus
it keeps the airplane stuff orgainzed seperately. This was especially
handy back when I had the plane on leaseback and I needed those expense
numbers for tax purposes. Now I probably would be better off not knowing
:-)

The one time I went to an FBO for training, where credit cards were
accepted, they didn't take MasteCard! (Chandler AZ.)

Anyhow, I don't particularly like MasterCard. It seems rather low-rent
to me.

I have a Visa from my credit union and a MasterCard from my insurance
company. Both have pretty good customer support. I chopped up my
BankOne Visa after numerous customer support problems (they called me
on the "I've got the scissors in my hand" statement, which oddly worked
for to get the Discover customer service weenie to fix my account).
I've got one of those Discover keychain thingies that I only have used
once in a long time (I keep it because it's handy when I'm out running
and only take my car key with me). The only other card I have is a
Victoria's Secret card (which gets me all sorts of interesting junk
mail like offers for free personal fittings...which Margy refuses to allow me
to follow up on, and occasionally a $10 gift card (for my birthday) or
some other VS freebie (Margy gets the benefit of these).

I use my AMEX (one of the first cards I ever got, member since 1981)
when travelling and I carry a second AMEX which is a freebie that has
my COSTCO membership card tacked on it. It only gets used at COSTCO.

AMEX used to be all the rage for some reason. They remind me of avocodo
colored stoves. Don't they still have some unavoiadable yearly fee - no
matter how long you've been a "member since"?

And they still offer no payback, right?

What reason could there possibly be to still have one of those dinosaurs,
aside from that "member since" sillyness?

John Harlow wrote:
I use my AMEX (one of the first cards I ever got, member since 1981)
when travelling and I carry a second AMEX which is a freebie that has
my COSTCO membership card tacked on it. It only gets used at COSTCO.


AMEX used to be all the rage for some reason. They remind me of avocodo
colored stoves. Don't they still have some unavoiadable yearly fee - no
matter how long you've been a "member since"?

The traditional Green/Gold/Platimum have annual fees. Amex in order to
compete has added some other card services. My COSTCO Platinum Rewards
card is no annual fee plus it gives me some 1% cashback or something like
that.

The traditional Green/Gold/Platimum have annual fees. Amex in order
to compete has added some other card services. My COSTCO Platinum
Rewards card is no annual fee plus it gives me some 1% cashback or
something like that.

Now this is interesting in that as I currently only use a debit card there.
I'm checking into it; thanks for the info!

John Harlow wrote:
The traditional Green/Gold/Platimum have annual fees. Amex in order
to compete has added some other card services. My COSTCO Platinum
Rewards card is no annual fee plus it gives me some 1% cashback or
something like that.


Now this is interesting in that as I currently only use a debit card there.
I'm checking into it; thanks for the info!


The big advantage to me is that it has my costco info printed on the back
so I don't need a separate costco membership card.

"John Harlow" writes:


What reason could there possibly be to still have one of those [AMEX] dinosaurs,
aside from that "member since" sillyness?

When I traveled internationaly on business, it had real advantages.
I once needed to solve a crisis by charging BIGNUM right now; they
didn't even blink.

But yes, the gap has been narrowing for many years...

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On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 10:10:40 -0500, "John Harlow"
wrote:

Don't they still have some unavoiadable yearly fee - no
matter how long you've been a "member since"?

I will ditch my Delta/Amex card when the 12 free months are up. I
change cards yearly in any event, to get the best deal and to clear
the numbers in all the online places.

And they still offer no payback, right?

I get a mile a dollar. AMEX also has a cash-back card. I think the
traditional green one is still $100/'year and no payback. I guess
there are lots of people who like the appearance and don't care about
a 1 or 2 percent discount.


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Cub Driver wrote:

I don't know about hotels, but many enterprises don't accept anything
but MC and Visa.

I stopped at an FBO in Virginia once that didn't take anything but Discover.
Would've been nice if I'd found that out before filling the tanks.

George Patterson
If a man gets into a fight 3,000 miles away from home, he *had* to have
been looking for it.

Bob Noel wrote:

In article Tsdqd.405505$wV.131490@attbi_s54,
"Jay Honeck" wrote:

:-( Then I won't be able to make a reservation for business travel at
your hotel.

Or anywhere else, for that matter.

Jay: I have a Diners Club card which I've been using the early 90's
for business travel.

I don't know of a single hotel (or even small B&B in our market) that
doesn't pre-authorize guaranteed reservations on a credit card.

right. But your hotel is the only one that I've heard of that doesn't
take American Express or Diners. I don't have a Visa card
(just a debit card)

Diners Club is going to be affliliated with the Mastercard network in the very
near future, so you'll be fine at Jay's Hotel. CitiBank knows what's up these
days.