@ComputerWizMaster wrote:
You shouldn't worry about any "pending" transaction unless it is from a store you don't recognize. They only reflect "authorization" requests from merchants, but never actual charges. Without boring you to death once you slide your CC at a store or key it in online the merchant "auths" the transaction (basically asks the bank if you have the money to pay and if you do to just hold it). The merchant then later (how much later varies by merchant) "batch posts" the transactions it has from its customers to the bank who then actually charges you money.
If the merchant auths, but never posts then the transaction will just fall off as if it never happened (a common method used to verify your address or sign you up for a trial offer). It sounds like Express is doing an auth twice, to me it looks like an error in their software, but maybe there is a reason for it. Irrespective, you only need to worry if the transaction posts to your account twice.
+1 My walmart discover has been doing the same thing. It actually has one posted and one pending the same amount for dayyyyys. Never actually post twice though so no worries.
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