slim

On 2006-04-19 09:36:25 -0400, "Tchiowa" <tchiowa2@m> said:

>
> Chrissy Cruiser wrote:
>> On 13 Apr 2006 07:06:16 -0700, Tchiowa wrote:
>>
>>> What kind of credit card company do you have that blocks you when you
>>> use it overseas????? I travel with 3 credit cards and spend anywhere
>>> from 60-95% of my time each year outside the US. I don't have problems
>>> like that.
>>
>> AMEX. MC and Visa. Everyone of them has done this.
>
> Go slap your bank around. Then change banks. I have made charges on my
> MC and Visa on 3 different continents within a few days without
> problems. In one situation I used it in Frankfurt, Germany on a
> Tuesday, New York and Houston on a Wednesday, Houston and San Francisco
> on Friday and Bangkok, Thailand on Sunday. I use my bank ATM all over
> the world. And I'm not unique in doing that. If your bank is giving you
> problems, change banks.

What bank issues your cards?

Do you have a long history of travel?

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