[CindyDawg]

I live in Texas. Awhile back I drove to Florida. I couldn’t use my credit card. I called. They were seeing that it was being used in different states and it wasn’t my pattern and put a hold on it. When it comes to money, it can be tracked. The trackee just has to want to do it, though. I suspect they like the extra income. Who cares that another department is being dumped on.

[libstripper]

I put mucho $$ across my credit card but don’t gamble. One day, out of the blue, I got a call from Master Card security asking about, IIRC, a $250 gambling charge at a casino and I told them it wasn’t mine. The card was instantly canceled and reissued. It’s uncanny how much credit card companies actually know about each of us and our habits.

Another example is travel. In the last four years I’ve made two round trip auto trips to California from Knoxville, TN without any questions from the relevant credit card company, even though I put almost all of the costs for each trip on the card. My surprise came when I looked at each statement; it was possible to take a map, use the credit card statement, and accurately track wherever I had been and when.