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I'd like to see some stats on that. My own experience is much closer to that of the OP.
by blowski 5y ago
I'd like to see some stats on that. My own experience is much closer to that of the OP.
- em10fan 5y agoOther than some occasional small restaurants/pubs, and a few small indie shops, its basically accepted everywhere here in Edinburgh, I have a corporate amex and use it for expensing business dinners very often, and supplies from office shops, supermarkets, etc..
- blowski 5y agoI used to have a corporate Amex, and it was a nightmare to use it in London. Even in places that said they accepted it, when I attempted to pay the card reader rejected it. That was about 5 years ago, maybe times have changed - it would be great to see data rather than a mixture of anecdotes.
- david_allison 5y agoWas your card Chip & PIN? Didn't have a problem with my British-issued Amex in London 5 years ago.
- Macha 5y agoYeah, my success rate for the corporate Amex in Europe is 70-80% which means the remaining time I need to fill out more tedious paperwork to get reimbursed to my personal card. The US based finance team continue to insist its much better now, but a 20-30% failure rate is too high
- pishpash 5y agoAmex has gone the lower-fee route on some cards in recent years. Visa, with Visa Signature, may be going the other way.
- uzakov 5y agoAMEX now has fee-free cards, which afaik still offer cashback and offers