My Bank of the West card has always worked in every ATM in the Azores. I use it to get cash in euros (the daily maximum is 200 euros, regardless of any higher limit your bank might set). It's always been accepted as a credit card when I needed it, though in grocery stores there can be some confusion because "everybody" uses debit cards rather than credit cards. My card is actually a debit card, but I have to treat it as a credit card in such a situation.
Before you go, it's always a good idea to notify your bank or credit card company you will be going to Portugal and using your card. Because I go for twelve weeks (I know, lucky me!) I don't want my bank wondering why my card is being used for so long outside the U.S. Fortunately, Portugal is a low-incident of fraud country so there's rarely any problem. In contrast, Brazil is high in fraud and I twice had to call my bank from Rio to question because my card didn't work. The problem was cleared up within five minutes, and I was fine until a few days later because someone at the bank hadn't noted I would be in Brazil for a few weeks. On the second call, everything was fine the rest of the trip. Tomás Leal -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to azores@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores?hl=en.
