[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 5]
[Revised as of October 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR375.221]

[Page 99]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 375_TRANSPORTATION OF HOUSEHOLD GOODS IN INTERSTATE COMMERCE; 
CONSUMER PROTECTION REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
           Subpart B_Before Offering Services to My Customers
 
Sec.  375.221  May I use a charge or credit card plan for payments?

    (a) You may provide in your tariff for the acceptance of charge or 
credit cards for the payment of freight charges. Accepting charge or 
credit card payments is different than extending credit to shippers in 
Sec.  Sec.  375.219 and 375.807. Once you provide an estimate you are 
bound by the provisions in your tariff regarding payment as of the 
estimate date, until completion of any transaction that results from 
that estimate, unless otherwise agreed with a shipper under Sec.  
375.217(a).
    (b) You may accept charge or credit cards whenever shipments are 
transported under agreements and tariffs requiring payment by cash, 
certified check, money order, or a cashier's check.
    (c) If you allow an individual shipper to pay for a freight or 
expense bill by charge or credit card, you are deeming such payment to 
be the same as payment by cash, certified check, money order, or a 
cashier's check.
    (d) The charge or credit card plans you participate in must be 
identified in your tariff rules as items permitting the acceptance of 
the charge or credit cards.
    (e) If an individual shipper causes a charge or credit card issuer 
to reverse a charge transaction, you may consider the individual 
shipper's action tantamount to forcing you to provide an involuntary 
extension of your credit. In such instances, the rules in Sec.  375.807 
apply.