Hi Carol Are you certain the letter came from Barclaycard visa and not Barclays Bank/ I had a letter advising me that Barclays bank would no longer guarantee cheques with their connect card ( debit card ) but have not had any similar correspondence from Barclaycard about their credit card. The article was from that days edition. Regards G From Bridgerule in glorious Devon, England. Catch the buzz at http://www.bridgerule.co.uk On 3 May 2011, at 22:39, Carol Pearson wrote: > Hi Gordon, > > I didn't see a date attached to that article but we recently had > correspondence from our Bank informing us that they would no longer be > guaranteeing refunds of over £50 when using credit cards. Our bank > (Barclays) suggested that this was a decision across the board, so maybe > others had a similar letter. I don't recall all the details now, because I > wasn't over-bothered at the time, but I wonder if this is why they have > acted, perhaps following that article if it isn't particularly new ... >