1-800-... from Europe
 

Hi,<BR><BR>I'm wondering if 1-800- numbers are accessable from the Europe? For ex., if the credit card is stolen, the number to report to is usually 800, but I've heard that it works only from inside US. I called the bank, but the rep. sounded not very sure.<BR><BR>Does anybody know the answer?<BR><BR>Thanks,<BR>Anna

Call your credit card company again, you got bum information. Every company will give you a number to dial from the country your visiting, usually it's a collect call but they answer the phone around the clock, 7 days a week.<BR><BR>A good clerk is hard to find............

800 numbers are not accessible from Europe for free - some cc's (Am Ex) have a long distance number that you can call collect to report theft. Or else you just dial the 800 number with the country code as if it were any other international call and pay the charge.

Go to visa.com and mastercard.com (if those are the credit cards you're using)and get the toll free phone numbers to call from the specific countries you'll be in. They are definitely not 800 numbers...

anna<BR>another issue is the rules of the credit card company. Some will only ship a replacement card to your home address, which isn't helpful if you are traveling.<BR>Be sure to inquire.

You can definitely get a replacement card addressed to a hotel in Europe. And you can get it overnight if you insist. It will be sent to the name of the person on the card. Unfortunately I know this from first hand experience.