05-06-2008, 04:15 PM
I signed up for a meeting in Japan, and I knew there would be CC issues. So I called Amex ahead of time. "I am going to register for a meeting this week. It will be $1000. Expect to see that on the card." They assured me it would go right through - no problem. Of course, I made the reservation and it was blocked. Very embarrassing. I had to call Amex to get it through and then go through the registration process all over again. We're going on the trip in two weeks, and I fully expect trouble when we're there - even though I've tried several times now to get assurances from Amex that we won't.