Thus spake "Tchiowa" :
>
>Ade wrote:
>> I'd certainly vouch for informing bank/credit card company - having
>> been stuck in the US with little cash, credit card not working (for the
>> simple fact that it was being used abroad so CC company put a block on
>> it), 7 hour time difference making it very difficult to call the bank
>> at home to resolve. Bank recommended that we inform them in future,
>> have done this and no problems since then.
>
>What kind of credit card company do you have that blocks you when you
>use it overseas????? I travel with 3 credit cards and spend anywhere
>from 60-95% of my time each year outside the US. I don't have problems
>like that.
>
>I suggest that rather than tell someone in the CC company your home
>will be empty for a few weeks you change CC companies to one that is
>run professionally.
Citibank flagged my card when I used it in Australia and LA in a ten
minute period. While I was on the phone with the fraud squad I told
them we were going to Oz and they made a note of it so there wouldn't
be any problems. Also notified the credit union so we could use our
ATM card.
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dillon
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