- Uber Car-aoke (Karaoke) on Demand Sponsored by Ray-Ban X in Singapore by Uber Codes. Free rides for anybody in Singapore this Saturday.
- Have we got a Starwood hotel deal for you (but only if you’re Muslim and have a Saudi visa!) by Mighty Travels. Not sure if this is a pricing mistake or not.
- SPG Members Targeted for Double Qualifying Nights or Bonus Points by Travel Codex. Seems different people are being targeted with different offers, worth a look and enrolling.
- American Express laying off up to 170 employees at Utah customer service center by KSL. Looks like American Express are trying to increase the number of CSR that work from home. I suspect a lot of the jobs will end up being pushed to their overseas service centers with much lower overheads for American Express. I’ve almost always received better service from the representatives located in the United States, but that might be a product of them having more power on what they can do to get a positive resolution.
- igot – Buy, Sell, Send and Receive Bitcoin – $15 BTC Referral Credits by Maximizing Money. Referrals need to purchase 0.50+ in BTC to qualify for the referral credit and it’s tiered (e.g if you only refer one person you only receive $5 in BTC) plus they charge a 1% fee so not a great deal.
- Jet.com’s sale to Walmart just made this random guy a millionaire by WGNtv via Saverocity. We posted about this deal, hopefully this guy is a reader and wants to give me a few million to say thanks.
- [PSA] Customer-Unfriendly Annual Fee Refund Policy for City National Bank Crystal Visa Infinite Card by Miles Briefs. Basically no prorated refunds on this card.
The issue with overseas Amex workers isn’t necessarily related to what they have the power to do. When I got the gold card a few years ago I tried it at a gas station and it didn’t work. This is my first attempt at using the card. The CSR in India told me there must be something wrong with the magnetic strip. He was going to cancel the card and send out a new one. I waited a couple of weeks and nothing. I called back and got a CSR in the US. She told me there was nothing wrong with the card and a new one would not be sent out. She said there can be issues with the card readers at some gas pumps. I never had another problem with that card, except at that one gas station. This seemed like a matter of better training in the US.
I honestly don’t see Amex pushing to overseas. They’ve always had the best CS and I don’t think they want to change that.
Companies that have pushed overseas (like CapitalOne) have realized that the system didn’t work out as well as intended and are bringing those jobs back.
igot seems a suspicious company. A quick search on google shows it could very well be a scam.
Everything Bitcoin related is a scam. The two largest Bitcoin related trading networks are now out of business due to “hacking” (but most likely theft by insiders and/or owners).
Frankly even mentioning anything Bitcoin related reduces this site’s credibility.