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Wow, I would have been screwed. I had to look in my wallet because I truly didn't know if I had a Visa. I just have a card my bank provided and it happens to
by efa 14y ago
Wow, I would have been screwed. I had to look in my wallet because I truly didn't know if I had a Visa. I just have a card my bank provided and it happens to be Master Card. And I rarely carry around much cash.
- sliverstorm 14y agoIt's good to have one of both, I've decided, unless you are big on cash.
- ars 14y agoYes! Especially traveling outside the US. In the US it's common for merchants to always take both, it's not so elsewhere. I did take a taxi once in the US that only took one and not the other - and not the one I had. That ended up as a half hour drive around town looking for an outdoor ATM.
- harshreality 14y agoAnother interesting "feature" of credit cards is that they tend to charge a percentage for foreign transactions, and so do the banks that back the cards. http://www.creditcards.com/credit-card-news/foreign-transaction-conversion-fees-1276.php http://www.creditcards.com/credit-card-news/foreign-transact... The only major one that doesn't is Capital One... and they mostly issue mastercards.