Strategy to obtain US Amex

[_TheTraveller_]

Has anyone used a virtual card number with C1 before receiving the card? I'm a little hesitant to use it on international spend in case it gets flagged for fraud.

 

[Grrr]

Has anyone used a virtual card number with C1 before receiving the card?

I was ultra cautious with C1. US only (online) spend prior to receiving the physical card.

Then physical card use in store, then Apple Pay, and now lots of virtual cards. It’s a great feature (virtual cards)

 

[_TheTraveller_]

I was ultra cautious with C1. US only (online) spend prior to receiving the physical card.

Then physical card use in store, then Apple Pay, and now lots of virtual cards. It’s a great feature (virtual cards)

That's fair. I have a few bills to pay but I'm not sure if I'll get the card in time. My VX1 was only used via GPay or Physical and for international transactions. Not many DPs online so I might take the loss with this.

 

[DC3]

Has anyone used a virtual card number with C1 before receiving the card? I'm a little hesitant to use it on international spend in case it gets flagged for fraud.

Be cautious with C1. There’s plenty of posts on the web about their fraud algorithm and card closures.

 

[pyramidforce]

in relation to Billpay.

I know a few (hundred) pages back someone worked out that Alipay was being coded as Hilton Honors direct spend (roflmao) for 14x back on aspire. I dug deeper and noticed that there are (a range of) services promoting bpay via alipay, mostly in the language you would expect Alipay talk to be in.

Billpay meaning paying bills in general, or specifically Australians using Auspost to pay their bills?

 

[levelnine]

Billpay meaning paying bills in general, or specifically Australians using Auspost to pay their bills?

Bill pay in the US context means services used to pay off a credit card. Some of them are not restricted to using funds directly pulled from a bank account, which should give you a hint as to how they can be subject to gaming/abuse.