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Financial Ombudsman decision DRN3083758 Not upheld

Not upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman
£325redress stated in the decision
Mon Jun 12deadline to accept (not the decision date)

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What this decision was about

Card dispute or chargeback, Payment delayed or failed

In the Ombudsman’s words

Mr J complains that American Express Services Europe Limited won’t refund to him the money that he paid for a cruise. His complaint is made against American Express under section 75 of the Consumer Credit Act 1974.Card dispute or chargeback
And he said that there was an unreasonable delay between March and July 2016 when American Express didn’t do enough to progress Mr J’s complaint.Payment delayed or failed

Rules cited

Consumer Credit Act 1974

Source

This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN3083758.pdf on financial-ombudsman.org.uk.

The outcome shown is the Ombudsman’s own published classification, not our reading of the text. Nothing here is legal advice, and a decision concerns only the complaint it was made about.