...and that redgunamo is nowhere to be seen on AWIMB :rubchin: :sherlock:
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...and that redgunamo is nowhere to be seen on AWIMB :rubchin: :sherlock:
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Originally Posted by Burney
Plus if he was investigated his login name on here wouldn't help his cause.
One suspects he is advising some ghastly dictator or other, for they most assuredly pay best.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
His brood's Amex bills don't pay themselves, you know.
THREADJACK.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
My favourite card I have is my Amex. Why is this? I can't explain it.
I can. They give me Avios points.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pat Vegas
Plus, there's something Johnny-come-Lately about all these other cards if you ask me. Amex has a bit of historical heft to it.
Thing is, I use red's presence or absence from here as a reliable barometer of whether something's going to kick off or not.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
Though sometimes I feel like a dick asking if they take Amex.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
But on the other hand if they don't take it and I've put my card in the machine and they say 'we don't take amex' I sort of give disappointed 'oh'
I went for the cashback won. Came in very handy as I paid everything for the wedding on it. and I like that I know the card will always work. I find it strange though that any letters they send me come all the way from Florida
Mine too. I like the way it says 'Member since' on the front and that mine says '91'. 26 years, mother of God. I like it that there isn't anything as petty as a credit limit, and that when you call them you immediately get to speak to a real human being. In the past couple of years I've even used the concierge service a few times, when I couldn't find a hotel room at late notice, and they have never failed me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pat Vegas
Proper service. wd Amex.
The thing that fücks me off is in restaurants, where they use one of those wallet things to hold the bill that they clearly got free from Amex and which clearly displays the Amex logo. So you put your Amex card in there, hand it to the waiter and they say 'Sorry, we don't take American Express' :furious:Quote:
Originally Posted by Pat Vegas
On the other hand he might simply be fomenting unrest in some small but profitable civil war we'll never get to hear about.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Much as one admires his discretion, one does rather resent the lack of juicy tales.
:nod: '99' for me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
I don't really trust MasterCard. I hate them for sponsoring World Cups and the Champions League.
Whatever happened to Access?
:hehe: then I have to slap out my 2nd favourite card which is my Barclaycard.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Not so glamorous but they seem to like me and give me ace deals.
least glamorous is my Asda Mastercard. :hehe:
though in this day and age the shop keeper/restaurant don't really get to see your card :-(
I imagine that, in his line of work, discretion isn't so much a virtue as a survival instinct.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
I find Barclaycard/Visa can be troublesome abroad. My company credit card used to be Visa, but we had to swap it to MasterCard because too many people in foreign parts didn't take it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pat Vegas
Access changed their name to Mastercard, I believe. Or were bought by Mastercard. 'Your flexible friend'.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
My mother had a black Amex. The fabled 'invitation only' Centurian card. Replacement cards were delivered by motorcyle courier in a presentation box.
I'm still awaiting my fúcking invitation. :shout:
Actually that's true I had a problem trying to hire a car in Italy once with a Barclaycard visa once. Was annoying.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
They refused to take debit cards too so I had to go back to the airport and try with Hertz.
I wonder if Diners Club still exists. I used to have one just for flying because, bizarrely, in the 80s and 90s most airfields only accepted Diners cards for fuel payments.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Without making any assumptions on your lifestyle Sir C. don't you have to use over 250k on it in a year before they consider you for won.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
Same here. I would be properly ****ed without the corporate card. It happened once. Terribly embarrassing, although I did get to see how a world class hotel chain turn proper ****ing nasty the second they think you haven't got any money :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
I hate when these hotel tossers decide to put a massive authorisation on your card. :furious:Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
Though in reality it doesn't make a difference. though I have had them put an auth on my debit card and wasn't pleased.
Really? My Ma certainly didn't do that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pat Vegas
I could always pay for the glw's shoes with it. That should sort it nicely.
Though I read this online somewhere so it's perhaps not accurate. amex never actually reveal the criteria and used to deny it's existence.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
They probably deliver them by drone these days.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
Hang on - what does he do? Is he a sqaddie?Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Doesn't bother me, its not my money. And they usually don't bother anyway- company card, company account.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pat Vegas
Yes, he's a private in a line regiment, usually he's posting from the bottom of a trench.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rich
...in the Alsace. :hehe:Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
Hmm - I'm calling shenanigans on you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
No, really, b and I met him for a drink once, in a little estaminet in Ypres, we had vang blong and omelettes and frits, he'd just come out of the line and was all muddy. His real name is Tommy Atkins.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rich
You realise that 'squaddie' denotes someone in the lowest ranks of the British Army, yes? It doesn't just mean 'soldier'.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rich
Don't start dragging me into your past lives!Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
Remember when we caught the crabs from that old crone in Armentieres?Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Your mum, obvs.
That reminds me of the good old internet chat room days.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
You'd always get one idiot called something like Squaddie #324 who'd be the defender of the all the girls.
a bit like a precursor to today's social justice warrior types.
No, but I do remember us storming Jerusalem in 1099, shouting 'Deus vult!'.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
Cor, but we slaughtered a lot of Allans and Jews that day. Good timez.
:nod: That was when we bought those matching tunics.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
I believe they're now known as 'White Knights', f. It is widely suspected that they are 'beta cucks' who use their virtue signalling as a means of getting into the knick-knocks of feminists. :nod:Quote:
Originally Posted by Pat Vegas
I really must spend less time on Twitter. :-\
That's the one! The ones who say they are feminists and stuff.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
I just go on instagram thesedays.
Surely feminists are a bit hirsute in the knicker areas?Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
No no, I don't think I'd be terribly keen on that at all.
I always wondered what those stains were. Who knew Saracen blood would be such a bùgger to shift?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
I don't know. Maybe one should ask Laurie Penny about the state of her lady garden to get some idea?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
Or would that be a micro aggression?