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I appreciated their other article: where OP explains how there are two segments of the antarctic research station: an American one, and an NZ one. Their bank l

I appreciated their other article: where OP explains how there are two segments of the antarctic research station: an American one, and an NZ one. Their bank loses their mind when their bank card is physically used in America and then in NZ 30 minutes later and OP has to clear up how that isn't impossible. > Being in Antarctica is weird, because you can travel back and forth between the “United States” (McMurdo) and “New Zealand” (Scott Base) in less than 30 minutes. > Credit card companies have a hard time with this. https://brr.fyi/posts/credit-card-shenanigans https://brr.fyi/posts/credit-card-shenanigans Edge cases mang!

adrianmonk 4y ago
Low-tech solution: get two credit cards, use different cards for different locations. Draw an eagle on one and a kiwi on the other so it's easy to keep them straight.
rendaw 4y ago
I'm impressed it's the bank having a hard time and not their customers!
rexarex 4y ago
They don’t take credit card at McMurdo, it’s cash only. There are two Wells Fargo ATMs in the main building. Cash that is spent on station gets recycled back into the ATMs. The New Zealand base does take card however.
- kalleboo 4y ago
  So the blogger is lying?
- Tronno 4y ago
  What do the ATMs take?
- iudqnolq 4y ago
  So you're saying that the author of this article forged their credit card receipt and is lying through their teeth? Why would they do that? Is it possible your information is instead outdated?
nextstepguy 4y ago
Perfect closed-loop application of crypto coins.
Amorymeltzer 4y ago
I submitted it (<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33410693 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33410693>), mainly for that: a great reminder that there are always edge cases you've never thought of, and more besides.