{"id":12410,"date":"2010-03-18T20:00:28","date_gmt":"2010-03-19T00:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.askmrcreditcard.com\/news\/?p=12410"},"modified":"2010-03-18T20:00:28","modified_gmt":"2010-03-19T00:00:28","slug":"postscript-preacquired-account-marketing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.askmrcreditcard.com\/news\/postscript-preacquired-account-marketing\/","title":{"rendered":"Postscript: Preacquired Account Marketing"},"content":{"rendered":"

I tried to go about this series in a professional manner, contacting all parties to get their reaction.<\/p>\n

Budget Rent A Car Gives Out Your Credit Card Number To Scammers<\/a>
\nMore On Negative Option Billing and Preaquired Account Marketing<\/a>
\nBudget Has No Clue Which Credit Card They Are Giving Out To Scammers<\/a>
\nThe Sad Truth About The Budget Trilegiant Scam<\/a><\/p>\n

I asked Professor Ben Edelman if he ever heard back from American Express or any of the other credit card companies he wrote to.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Professor Edelman was kind enough to reply:<\/p>\n

Thanks for the note.\u00a0 I read through your four-part post and enjoyed it.\u00a0 My best suggestion on strategy: Keep pushing Budget and Amex…<\/em><\/p>\n

As you saw, I wrote to the big three card networks.\u00a0 But I haven\u2019t received any substantial response.\u00a0 I received a superficial response (roughly: \u201cwe received your letter and are appreciate your interest\u201d) form one of the three, and no response from the other two. <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

My contact at American Express as willing to offer this comment:<\/p>\n

Jason – I completely understand your concerns, and we share those concerns, which is why as I mentioned we’re looking at our policies and these companies’ disclosures. As I mentioned, I have shared your experience, blog posts and the issue with Trilegient with our internal teams to review this circumstance closely.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

While American Express failed to explain how Budget and Trilegiant have been flagrantly violating their cardmember agreement for years, at least they agreed to look into it.<\/p>\n

Budget’s only reply was:<\/p>\n

Thanks for the email. We have referred your inquiry to Trilegiant.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I hold no illusion that I was going to bring down Trilegiant\/Affinion when Senator Rockefeller and Professors Edelman and Cox haven’t been able to.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I am just one more voice speaking out against this.<\/p>\n

American Express, Visa, and Mastercard could enforce their existing cardmember agreements tomorrow, ending this practice, but I see no evidence that they are prepared to do that.<\/p>\n

Ultimately, it will take congressional action to prohibit these practices.\u00a0\u00a0 As we have seen with the CARD act, credit card reform comes once in a generation, so I will not hold my breath.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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