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> Citi credit-card blocks my card when I was on vacation in Canada and tried to buy shoes from the store. With my Irish bank, I have to tell them when I plan t
by esperent 6y ago
> Citi credit-card blocks my card when I was on vacation in Canada and tried to buy shoes from the store.
With my Irish bank, I have to tell them when I plan to use the card abroad otherwise they'll block it. It takes about 30 second through an online form. Since I've had cards skimmed multiple times while traveling I think this is a reasonable precaution, however, they didn't make it very obvious and the first time I found out about it was in Bali airport trying to withdraw money to pay for my visa.
- ghaff 6y agoI had an issue with (I think it was) Chase a number of years ago and they basically ended up telling me that I didn't need to keep telling them any longer; presumably they put some flag on my account indicating I might be charging things from various locations around the world. I still make sure I put in a travel notice for my bank. I've come to the conclusion that, when traveling especially internationally, you have to plan for one or more of your money sources not working and having backups. In some respects it's actually easier than it used to be but the failure modes are different.