Comments on: American Express Membership Rewards ‘Account Linkage Fee’

By: Dog

Dog — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 04:18:09 +0000

I doubt if this charge is legal without card owners’ consents. I too had the same problem with the additional cards. It didn’t say in the fine print when I requested the additional cards (2500 bonus for each) for my workers that linkage fee was required in order to get the bonus points.

By: Mr Credit Card

Mr Credit Card — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 22:28:43 +0000

If you seperate them, how are you going to combine points from both accounts? Not linking them probably makes sense if you do not have any points left in your optima card and/or you do not intend to use it anymore? surely $10 cannot be the issue as the Gold Business Card has an annual fee of I believe to be $125 (though it is free for the first year)?

By: Amillionby40

Amillionby40 — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 22:05:32 +0000

For pete’s sake. Thanks for the heads up! I just signed up for a business card with AMEX.

By: Lazy Man and Money

Lazy Man and Money — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 19:17:02 +0000

Flipping those database bits must be really expensive for AmEx.

By: Blaine Moore

Blaine Moore — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 17:13:12 +0000

I am guessing that they will slip that under the radar of at least 50-60% of the people using the new card without them ever noticing.

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 15:39:33 +0000

Be thankful it’s only $10!

I have an AmEx corporate card, but our linkage fee is $75. Thankfully, it’s something I can add to an expense report, but still!