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• Zane says:

  11 Oct11 October 08:48

  OT: if I’ve received the 20k bonus MR points then have to refund an item which took me over the minimum spend, will Amex claw back the points?

  • Genghis says:

    11 Oct11 October 12:35

    Account will go negative if you’ve already spent them. Needs to be *the* purchase that took you over though.

    • jimmy says:

      12 Oct12 October 08:32

      I had 3 transactions on the final day, this was one of them…might just move them out to Avios just in case 🙂

• Crafty says:

  11 Oct11 October 08:52

  Really? You haven’t read any of the comments sections for the days since the announcement then.

• Dougie Forde says:

  11 Oct11 October 09:11

  My daughter is going to the USA in the New Year. Is there any reason why I cannot buy the prepaid card and give it to her to use?

  • Rob says:

    11 Oct11 October 11:42

    No

    • Dougie Forde says:

      11 Oct11 October 13:10

      Thank you Rob

• Andrew L says:

  11 Oct11 October 09:14

  I assume the attractive exchange rate of the dollar against sterling at the moment would slightly offset spending the funds received on the Groupon FairFX card in the UK??

  • Callum says:

    12 Oct12 October 00:33

    Well no, it doesn’t matter how attractive the exchange rate is. If you’re covering GBP to USD then back to GBP you’re going end up with the same (minus the various fees) whether the exchange rate is 1:1, 2:1 or 10,000:1.

• Stuart says:

  11 Oct11 October 09:16

  O/T – Curve

  Be aware – have had my IHG card blocked on “suspected fraud” for a £200 “Business Service” transaction that used to work. Only found out when tried to make a normal transaction directly on IHG card that was also declined & had to call.

  I was hopeful that the Amex announcement might re-ignite the usefulness of the curve card, but seems not so. Looks like only very specific cards will be supported…

  • Anna says:

    11 Oct11 October 09:33

    Were you actually told that it was suspected fraud? I had both my Lloyds and HH card declined (no mention of fraud, though, just “declined” for this service a few months ago and thought that was it, but when I tried it again recently it seems to have started working again.

    • Stuart says:

      11 Oct11 October 09:49

      I had a normal transaction fail last night. Called on opening this morning & was told card was blocked due to fraud checks. Answered some questions & am told it’s released but won’t know until I try to use it

    • Stuart says:

      12 Oct12 October 07:19

      Had a phone call from Curve yesterday afternoon. My card had “security issues, and was flagged for review”. The lady hadn’t been made aware I’d already called and completed the security checks (their internal communications seems to be very poor), but I used the opportunity to get some further insight into the issue, as she was very knowledgeable. My card was blocked due to the type of transactions made – front line staff would see this as “fraud” however the literal translation would be “unusual pattern”. Even though I’d made transactions like this before, the change of supplying the correct MCC has highlighted what is happening. Creation are now proactively declining payments to Nutmeg (ISA) and Cyrpto-Currency transactions, however I specifically asked about business service provides based in Brighton, and was told these are ok. I don’t have a need for this at the moment so can’t test.

  • Kiran says:

    11 Oct11 October 21:23

    My Curve has not processed a similar payment – the Curve app sent a notification that I had reached my spending limits, but according to the card limits feature in-app I am nowhere near my limits… Tried a £2 top-up on Amazon using the underlying IHG card and it went through, so that hasn’t been blocked.

• Andy says:

  11 Oct11 October 09:19

  Has anyone got the FairFx to work? Have bought the coupon from Groupon. Set up a new account, went to order a new dollar card and don’t seem to have an option to enter the voucher code anywhere. Or was I supposed to do that on the sign up screen? All a bit confusing!

  • BaFin Island says:

    11 Oct11 October 11:47

    Yes, follow the instructions in the Groupon voucher small print. There’s a specific link to FairFX

    • Bonglim says:

      11 Oct11 October 12:03

      mine worked without any problems – I think the key thing is going through the specific groupon FairFX link.

      • Am says:

        11 Oct11 October 12:30

        Don’t waste money with groupon use the mse deal here https://www.fairfx.com/l/mseeverywhere?utm_campaign=everywherecard&utm_source=moneysavingexpert&utm_medium=affiliate
        Don’t know why people only want £19.05 when you can make £35.

      • Andy says:

        11 Oct11 October 13:29

        Hmm that’s what I thought I did, maybe i’ve messed it up. I’ve emailed them in any case.

      • Mark says:

        11 Oct11 October 14:35

        Is it possible to use BOTH the MSE and Groupon deals?
        Or does the first one you activate cancel the other one?

      • krys_k says:

        11 Oct11 October 15:43

        I jumped in and bought the groupon offer as going to the states in two weeks and a bit of free cash is no bad thing. Didn’t realise there was a £35 offer – don’t think you can combine as it does say this is an offer for New FairFX customers only.

      • Lee says:

        11 Oct11 October 16:30

        Only need small amount, that £35 offer need £500 top up

• RakishDriver says:

  11 Oct11 October 09:29

  Need some help please – I’m heading to Lux-Findel soon and booked a car with AVIS, but they won’t let me refuse their basic insurance cover. This means I can’t revert to using my amex plat insurance.
  Spoke to AVIS agent and he suggested this is standard across Europe, it’s only in the US one can refuse insurance.
  Is there anyway round this?

  • xcalx says:

    11 Oct11 October 09:41

    My understanding is that accepting the basic cover would not impact the additional cover that comes with plat.

    • RakishDriver says:

      11 Oct11 October 10:31

      spoke to the agent, claims it’s fine, excess covered too, thanks

  • Anna says:

    11 Oct11 October 10:29

    You can’t refuse the basic US insurance in the US if you are a foreign customer- I assume this is so you can’t disappear owing large sums of money if you write off the car or something.

    • RakishDriver says:

      11 Oct11 October 10:35

      Have always done it, but then again I use a corporate awd.
      So, seems one will always end up paying for the minimum insurance costs, whether renting in the US or Europe.

  • Marcw says:

    11 Oct11 October 11:50

    AFAIK in Europe it’s mandatory to provide basic insurance… which you cannot refuse

    • Mr dee says:

      11 Oct11 October 19:57

      Insurance yes but no need for excess insurance

  • Mr dee says:

    11 Oct11 October 19:58

    You want insurance but not excess insurance if that’s what you meant

• Jimbob says:

  11 Oct11 October 11:49

  OT
  Booked 5 night reward stay in Ritz Carlton in nyc, as you can only book basic rooms with points, is it possible to upgrade the room with either points or cash prior to arrival?

  • Genghis says:

    11 Oct11 October 13:38

    Contacting the hotel directly after booking basic room might yield results

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