Comments on: Update: How to beat the chip and PIN credit card requirement? http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/10/06/update-how-to-beat-the-chip-and-pin-credit-card-requirement/ Living the first class life -- at coach prices Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:21:15 +0000 hourly 1 By: Upgrades and Downgrades: credit cards abroad, passport control, cockpit brawls, and more | Upgrade: Travel Better http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/10/06/update-how-to-beat-the-chip-and-pin-credit-card-requirement/#comment-29597 Upgrades and Downgrades: credit cards abroad, passport control, cockpit brawls, and more | Upgrade: Travel Better Tue, 06 Oct 2009 01:59:58 +0000 http://upgradetravelbetter.com/?p=362#comment-29597 [...] using a swipe-and-sign credit card in a country where chip-and-PIN is the norm. (Consider previous posts on chip-and-PIN challenges. I even wrote a piece for National Geographic Traveler on the issue.) [...] [...] using a swipe-and-sign credit card in a country where chip-and-PIN is the norm. (Consider previous posts on chip-and-PIN challenges. I even wrote a piece for National Geographic Traveler on the issue.) [...]

]]> By: Alan Stephens http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/10/06/update-how-to-beat-the-chip-and-pin-credit-card-requirement/#comment-29433 Alan Stephens Tue, 29 Sep 2009 08:10:05 +0000 http://upgradetravelbetter.com/?p=362#comment-29433 I have a suggestion. Why doesn't Visa tell its cardholders that Visa cards from the US and other places are NOT ACCEPTED in these other countries? Don't they owe that courtesy to their customers? The chaos this has caused for me and my wife is such that I'll be checking on other credit cards before I travel again. I have a suggestion. Why doesn’t Visa tell its cardholders that Visa cards from the US and other places are NOT ACCEPTED in these other countries? Don’t they owe that courtesy to their customers? The chaos this has caused for me and my wife is such that I’ll be checking on other credit cards before I travel again.

]]> By: Upgrade: Travel Better » Blog Archive » Pet peeves revisited: Chip-and-PIN credit card “security” undermined http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/10/06/update-how-to-beat-the-chip-and-pin-credit-card-requirement/#comment-550 Upgrade: Travel Better » Blog Archive » Pet peeves revisited: Chip-and-PIN credit card “security” undermined Fri, 05 Jan 2007 15:28:39 +0000 http://upgradetravelbetter.com/?p=362#comment-550 [...] Related: - Update: How to beat the chip and PIN credit card requirement? - Rotten in Denmark: Credit cards with mandatory PIN - “We prefer Visa cards” — just not yours [...] [...] Related: – Update: How to beat the chip and PIN credit card requirement? – Rotten in Denmark: Credit cards with mandatory PIN – “We prefer Visa cards” — just not yours [...]

]]> By: dazzla http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/10/06/update-how-to-beat-the-chip-and-pin-credit-card-requirement/#comment-246 dazzla Fri, 06 Oct 2006 18:11:00 +0000 http://upgradetravelbetter.com/?p=362#comment-246 I doubt this will work if you don't have a chip on your card, which none of my US cards do. Last few times I've been in the UK I had no trouble. Once they realise the card doesn't have a chip, they just print a receipt to sign. (I'm a brit living in the USA) I doubt this will work if you don’t have a chip on your card, which none of my US cards do.

Last few times I’ve been in the UK I had no trouble. Once they realise the card doesn’t have a chip, they just print a receipt to sign.

(I’m a brit living in the USA)

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