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American Express Travelers Cheques Offer $500 Discount Card for Peak Summer Travel Season; Two Reasons Not to Leave Home without Them This Summer: Peace of Mind and 10-50% Savings on Hotel, Air, Dining, and Entertainment.


NEW YORK New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
 -- Just in time for the peak vacation season, American Express American Express (NYSE: AXP), sometimes known as "AmEx" or "Amex", is a diversified global financial services company, headquartered in New York City. The company is best known for its credit card, charge card and traveler's cheque businesses.  today introduced a new Discount Card, available to purchasers of at least $500 in American Express(R) Travelers Cheques Products bought between June 1 and August 31, 2006. This new Discount Card offers savings of 10-50% on hotels, airfare air·fare  
n.
Fare for travel by aircraft.

Noun 1. airfare - the fare charged for traveling by airplane
fare, transportation - the sum charged for riding in a public conveyance
, dining and entertainment, up to $500.

Travelers will be able to use the Discount Card online for savings this summer at 7,000 hotels worldwide, including a best-rate guarantee at Hyatt, Sheraton and Holiday Inn; on a major airline, with no black-out dates for domestic travel; for Samsonite and American Tourister luggage LUGGAGE. Such things as are carried by a traveller, generally for his personal accommodation; baggage. In England this word is generally used in the same sense that baggage is used in the United States. See Baggage. ; and at more than 60,000 casual dining and fast-food restaurants worldwide. Discounts can also be applied to movie tickets at Regal Cinemas, Loews Cineplex and AMC (Advanced Mezzanine Card) See AdvancedTCA.  Theaters; more than 600 DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc.
DVD
 in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc

Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology.
 titles; and more than 100 magazines. The Card is valid from June 1, 2006 until June 1, 2008, and discounts are applicable as partial payment online year-round.

"American Express Travelers Cheques is pleased to offer an array of useful discounts which can make summer travel even more rewarding," said Valerie Soranno Keating, president, American Express Travelers Cheques & Prepaid pre·pay  
tr.v. pre·paid, pre·pay·ing, pre·pays
To pay or pay for beforehand.



pre·payment n.
 Services. "Now there are two reasons not to leave home without Travelers Cheques - travel money peace of mind and substantial vacation savings."

According to according to
prep.
1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians.

2. In keeping with: according to instructions.

3.
 a recent poll of 279 American Express Travel agents, nine-in-ten agents are asked by customers for advice about travel money, travel payment options, and exchange rates. Thirty percent say their clients ask about how much cash they should carry while traveling. To keep money safe, agents advise travelers to use hotel safes (27%), avoid carrying everything in one place (21%), carry various forms of payment including those that are refundable during the vacation such as Travelers Cheques (18%), and hide your valuables in money belts and neck wallets (18%).

American Express Travelers Cheque Products offer unparalleled security and convenience around the world. Travelers Cheques are a replaceable, secure and convenient option for travelers. American Express offers 24-hour support for Travelers Cheque customers, and will refund lost or stolen Cheques. They can be used like cash or exchanged for local currency at banks, foreign exchange houses and American Express Travel locations, and can be purchased in both U.S. Dollar amounts and selected foreign currency amounts for further convenience.

To take advantage of this special promotion, customers can purchase Travelers Cheque Products (US Travelers Cheques, Foreign Currency Travelers Cheques, Cheques for Two, or the Travelers Cheque Card cheque card
Noun

Brit a plastic card issued by a bank guaranteeing payment of a customer's cheques

cheque card n (BRIT) → tarjeta de identificación bancaria 
) from a number of sources: on the American Express website, www.americanexpress.com/travelerscheque, and at any bank or American Express Travel Service Office location that sells Travelers Cheques. Information on locations selling Travelers Cheque Products is available at TCBonus.com. Discounts can be accessed by simply logging on to the Discount Card Website, www.TCDiscountcard.com, to activate the account and redeem redeem v. to buy back, as when an owner who had mortgaged his/her real property pays off the debt. The term also refers to paying the amount due and all charges after a foreclosure (due to failure to make payments when due) has begun.  discounts on a wide variety of travel and entertainment offers.

About American Express

American Express is a leader in prepaid consumer products. In addition to the 115-year old American Express Travelers Cheque -- the preeminent pre·em·i·nent or pre-em·i·nent  
adj.
Superior to or notable above all others; outstanding. See Synonyms at dominant, noted.



[Middle English, from Latin prae
 brand welcomed worldwide -- the company issues other prepaid products including the Travelers Cheque Card, Cheques for Two, Gift Cards, Gift Cheques, the Be My Guest dining card, and a range of corporate incentive prepaid products through American Express Incentive Services, a subsidiary of American Express Company.

American Express Company (www.americanexpress.com) is a leading global payments, network and travel company founded in 1850.

*Limit one free Travelers Cheque Discount Card per person with a minimum purchase of $500 in Travelers Cheque Products while supplies last. Additional terms and conditions apply. See www.TCDiscountcard.com for full terms and conditions.
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