 Australia-Chip-and-PIN Credit Cards
On Sun, 22 Apr 2007 11:09:14 -0800, "Stephen Dailey"
<smdailey@seanet.com> wrote:
>I'm curious as to whether chip-and-PIN credit cards have become the norm
>in Australia as they have in some European countries. If so, how much
>difficulty could I expect to encounter if I only have a signature credit
>card?
>
>===
>Stephen Dailey
>Shoreline, Washington USA
>smdailey@seanet.com
>22 Apr 2007, 1108 PDT
Notify your bank before you travel, so your card will have a less
chance of being blocked. Take your banks phone number.
Australia is tending to go with the U.S. and wait on chip and pin.
I think after Canada get it. The U.S. will follow.
For info,
When you do travel to a chip & pin country.
Take your passport & Id and tell the merchant you are a traveler and
your country has not upgraded to chip and pin and you will need to
sign for your purchase.
For US debit cards with either a Mastercard or Visa symbol.
In the U.S. at some merchants
You can choose Credit button and sign for your purchase or you can
choose debit/ATM button and enter your pin.
Outside of the U.S.
It can be used as a signature purchase at merchants.
Sometime it can be used as a pin purchase. You would choose current
or checking and enter your pin. This all depends if the merchant
accepts maestro, cirrus, visa plus or visa interlink and your card
support it. Try one method, if it does not work try the other
method before going to an ATM
You might want to tell a merchant that you are a foreign traveler and
your card may or may not work.
Greg Rozelle
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