declined payment........

[ujpest doza]

American Express in particular are very quick to decline and block payments that they think are out of the ordinary.

A lot of the time they aren't actually declined but "Referred" which means the card company wants you to get in touch and verify the payment.

On a related note, how quickly does USCarhire normally charge a credit card?

I booked a car on the 30th July and there is still no charge for the deposit on my card. My confirmation came through okay so i'm assuming everythings okay and i've managed to do it at just the right time to get an extra months credit, but these days transactions are usually very swift.

[andrewandcarole]

I work for a bank.

Sometimes the problem occurs when the lines are down between the retailer and the card processing centre.

[roger]

This has now gone through and your voucher has been emailed to you.

[Lynne S]

Great news Roger, glad it's all sorted

[d1antheman1]

Thanks for all your help Roger and anyone else that gave me advice, and simon's friend, if u read this my spelling is terrible i know, but having to put up with simon all day every day is a very stressful job and somethings have to suffer ;0) Florida (and hire car) here we come!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!

[Regalpalmschic]

The same happened to me and I must admit did panic.[msnoo]

But all ended well, payment went through... I was actually in Florida at the time and had forgotten to inform the card company[msnscared]

Happy holidays[msncool]

Sara

[chrizzy100]

We have blocks on our cards for different things..some can only pay bills...some car repairs and airline tickets...one for car hire...some can only be used in MA...and some only in FL...

[florida4sun]

How do you block a card to just pay for car hire?

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by chrizzy100
We have blocks on our cards for different things..some can only pay bills...some car repairs and airline tickets...one for car hire...some can only be used in MA...and some only in FL...


[/quote]

[ujpest doza]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by florida4sun
How do you block a card to just pay for car hire?

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by chrizzy100
We have blocks on our cards for different things..some can only pay bills...some car repairs and airline tickets...one for car hire...some can only be used in MA...and some only in FL...


[/quote]
[/quote]You do it when you apply for the card.

At work we have a few corporate cards and some have blocks on them which say they can only used for specific purchases, if an attempt is made to use them for anything else they are declined, stopped and reissued.

[crews]

I need to get one of those for my wife - so she can only buy food!!!
[laugh]