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Runner Marion Jones and race-car driver Michael Andretti find out their attempts to retrieve important personal items could have been avoided in two new spots for American Express’ travel services from Ogilvy & Mather.

In the Jones commercial, she runs through the streets of Rome, trying to catch a cab. But a ride is not what interests her—it’s the passport she left in the taxi’s back seat.

Just as Jones, after sending pigeons scattering, is about to give up, an announcer informs her that AmEx can replace passports and major credit cards.



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