Hello - the car rental company that we plan on using just advised us that their banks don't accept American Express anymore. Is this all over the island, or perhaps certain merchants? Thank you!
Calling Amex won’t help. I would plan on not using an Amex and use another card. Amex has always been hit or miss on the island. It was stated that cobranded Amex cards were the issue. But the stores etc do have the right to not accept. Always have a visa or Mastercard as backup.
Going back as many years as I can recall the use of AMEX was always iffy.some places accepted it but many didn’t and we always heard it was because of the higher fees they charged merchants. We always travelled with our AMEX and back/up MC and/ or VISA jic.
