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Subject: Re: please help! Travel advice for 1st time visitor to USA Posted on: 17 Aug 2005 05:05:23 CDT

In message <1124272011.781974.156200@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>
hago@dcs.qmul.ac.uk wrote:

>I've used both visa credit and debit UK cards in the US, never had a
>problem.

Bank machines aren't usually a problem, but on my last trip I found that
many stores don't accept debit at all unless it has a Visa logo (in
other words, unless they can submit it through the credit card system --
They naturally don't care where the funds come from)

>They (probably still) mostly use the magnetic strip, rather than the
>chip.

The strip is used almost exclusively.

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