Gavin

I am happy to report that we had no trouble using our primitive Canadian credit cards in the UK last month. The spending was easy in southern England and Wales.

Intrepid1

I had forgotten all about this until just now. On my week-long trip to the UK last month I used my US-ssiued Visa card in a variety of establishments without any trouble whatsoever.

icithecat

Sue.
My visa was reissued in March and it has a chip. I did not notice it, but a clerk at a pub did. She swiped it, (it also has a stripe), and her machine said to insert it. It then spat out a reciept for me to sign.
I will have to look into this before September.
ps this is Victoria, BC

nerosmama

I'm just back from a week in hot, expensive England and had no problem using my US issued non-chip and pin credit card in shops, restaurants, hotels, B&Bs.

nona1

I imagine that Americans (or any other nationality) could be impacted by inserting them in some sort of squashing machine or something like a small car crusher. Why do you want to be impacted though!
;-)

gard

Hi

I have gotten the new card with a chip here in Norway. Before when I paid for stuff I had to sign for it but when I went to Paris in April I had to enter my PIN code in many places and it worked out very well. But I assume that the old fashioned cards will still work for a while.

Regards
Gard
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