Interesting. I just looked at my most recent AmEx bill. Closing date 2/22/09, payment due date 3/09/09. With February being a short month, that's only 15 days between billing and payment due, and it always takes 2 or 3 days before I actually have the bill in my hands.
So, I looked back through the last year's statements. Closing dates were always the 22nd or 23rd, and payment due dates were usually 16th to 18th, (a "grace period" of 25-27 days -plenty of time,) EXCEPT the 9/22/08 bill had a due date of 10/7/09, only 15 days later. Random, just like Paq's experience.
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Originally Posted by ngdawg
....but the dates always seem to fall on a Sunday. Maybe because if they're mailed, they can tack on late fees that Monday.  |
Along the same lines --I live in Boston, but mail my AmEx payment to Dallas, TX. I've always wondered if AmEx has their Texas customers mail their payments to somewhere in New England, just to generate more late charges.
Lindy