trudawg660 wrote:
who can actually get to 120 days without paying it, you can get in some serious trouble with your commander if you don't pay it.
Yes, and for civilians working for the Army- the card manager will call you right away. The limit is dependent on where you are going and what kind of expsenes they allow. After you return from TDY or assignment you definitly need to pay the card in full- or if they allow payments (they didn't allow civvies to not PIF when I had one) and take care of it just like any CC. It will help your credit- but can hurt it just like a reg CC.
The other poster was right when they said only certain things are allowed. While I don't know for the soldiers what that is- for civvies- for example, when I worked for MWR and went to a Hotel Trade Show- we toured different hotels and took pictures of the rooms to take back for ideas- and when I developed the photos and went to pay for them w/ the card it was blacklisted. I even got on the phone and told the lady that I was there for a hotel conf. and getting ideas to take back for upgrading guest houses- but she denied it 100%
Bottom line- it's kind of cool cuz no matter what you score they will allow you SOME kind of limit- and your paying it on time will establish some kind of history- but you need to treat it just like any other CC.
And trust what the other poster said about getting in serious trouble w/ your chain of command if you don't pay on time.