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FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
	Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

REVOCATION AND APPOINTMENT OF POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby revokes and rescinds
the Power of Attorney dated February 27, 2002, which appointed Alan Utay,
Carolyn Melvin and Jeanette Fitzgerald as attorneys-in-fact, for purposes
of completing, executing and filing any applicable Forms 3, 4 and 5 as
further set out in that Power of Attorney.

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints Alan M. Utay, Leigh Ann K. Epperson and Jeanette P. Fitzgerald as
the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity as an officer and/or director of Alliance Data Systems Corporation
(the "Company"), any filing in connection with the undersigned's holdings
of or transactions in securities issued by the Company, including but not
limited to, Forms 3, 4 or 5  in accordance with Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules thereunder, or
Form 144 in accordance with Rule 144 of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and the rules thereunder;

(2)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form,
including but not limited to, Forms 3, 4, 5 or 144, and timely file such
form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any
stock exchange or similar authority; and

(3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with
the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of
benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the
undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such
attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this power of
attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions
as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the
rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as
the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power
of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes,
shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney
and the rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that
the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request
of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of
the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, or the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

This power of attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, 5, or 144, or any
other form with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions
in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the
undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this power of attorney to be
executed as of this 18th day of December, 2003.


	/s/ Daniel P. Finkelman
	Printed Name:   Daniel P. Finkelman