PSA - Amex Rental Car Damage Protection Warning

Amex has stripped a number of its benefits from card holders. Among them is the benefit that used to cover your deductible if you or someone else damaged your rental car. Double check your contract (ask them to send you an updated one) to see if you are effected. You can (supposedly) find cards that have the coverage at www.youcarrentalclaim.com and the main amex site. They are now pimping a $20 a rental "Premium" service that you have to arrange with them on top of time you spend choosing a rental. I'm sure there is no correlation. Also, be forewarned that they knuckleheads will let you go all the way through the process of filing a claim before they deny it. They never tell you it is because of the kind of card you have. They even send some bs email that you didn't rent with your Amex. They don't have the decency to tell you that your card has been stripped of privileges. I wonder if the rental car companies know which cards are covered and that makes them more likely to start a claim against you? And as always, tell your friends.