"I know this is madness, and I hate BofA as much as the next guy, but consider this:
Your complaint should be about how long you had to hold to get your card re-activated, nothing more."
"You can report this type of merchant behavior to Mastercard directly at (this links directly to the form):[www.mastercard.com]
The form is for reporting merchants who: require IDs as a condition of accepting the card, require a minimum purchase amount, or who add a fee as a condition of credit card purchase.
(Visa doesn't seem to have an equivalent."
"AT&T states that they'll just give you the unlock code if you ask for it.
@AB31: One incident of getting the runaround doesn't mean that's the institutional norm."
"To the would-be lawyers warning about an imagined law against "interfering with a flight attendant," including THIRDGEN who selectively quotes the law, 49 USC 46505 actually illegalizes interfering with flight crew by ASSAULTING or INTIMIDATING them."
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