Many places in USA, you can 'fall back' to magstripe by inserting the chip and having it fail to read 3 or 4 or 5 times. The reader will prompt for a swipe afte

Many places in USA, you can 'fall back' to magstripe by inserting the chip and having it fail to read 3 or 4 or 5 times. The reader will prompt for a swipe after the threshold of failed attempts is reached. I'm really tough on my cards and when the chip dies this becomes my routine everywhere until the new one comes in the mail.