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Re:Home Depot Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Visa, MasterCard by tomp on Friday June 17, 2016 @12:00PM (#11923411)
My experience from the US is... interesting. I tapped-and-paid $700 (not a typo) when visiting NY... and American Express had no idea I was in the US (unless they cooperate with US Border Controll). In the UK, I'm limited to 30 GBP.
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Re:Home Depot Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Visa, MasterCard by dandandan on Friday June 17, 2016 @12:55PM (#11923749)
Did you buy the ticket with your American Express card? The data transmitted by the merchant (airline) includes some basic itinerary information.
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Re:Home Depot Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Visa, MasterCard by tedmiston on Friday June 17, 2016 @02:33PM (#11924576)
That would be awesome if the CC provider automatically created a travel notification for you upon booking.
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Re:Home Depot Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Visa, MasterCard by tjohns on Friday June 17, 2016 @06:14PM (#11925889)
Some do.

Many airlines transmit level 3 purchase data as part of the credit card transaction, which will contain your complete itinerary -- which can be fed into the bank's risk system.

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Re:Home Depot Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Visa, MasterCard by lostlogin on Friday June 17, 2016 @03:35PM (#11925044)
The next few decades of adverts that I couldn't unsubscribe from would be less than awesome though.
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Re:Home Depot Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Visa, MasterCard by saryant on Friday June 17, 2016 @06:16PM (#11925901)
Amex already takes this into account.
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Re:Home Depot Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Visa, MasterCard by tomp on Friday June 17, 2016 @03:55PM (#11925161)
No, I haven't, that's exactly the point! And I think that's the first transaction I've made in the US..
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