On 3/30/2010 9:09 PM, Dean Willis wrote: > > On Mar 30, 2010, at 4:55 AM, Robert Kisteleki wrote: > >> On 2010.03.30. 11:41, Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote: >>> I'll prepare information about all of this as soon as I know the >>> transition status during the IETF week. And in any event, there are no >>> early booking / online booking discounts for Dutch train tickets, and >>> buying online with Dutch Railways requires the iDEAL payment system that >>> only Dutch banks use. >> >> That reminds me: if you intend to use a credit card in electronic >> contexts (such as buying train tickets at a machine, etc.), you should >> make sure you know your PIN code. On the way home from Anaheim I >> helped some guy who had some problems because he wasn't even aware >> that his card had a PIN code. >> > > Many US cards do not work in point-of-sale applications in Europe even > if one knows the PIN code. Last Spring, I had 6 US bank cards and a > SwissPost card rejected at the train kiosk in Amsterdam, and I believe > the same 6 failed at whatever IETF we last went to in Europe, because I > recall borrowing train tickets from Ole.
SO the answer is to call the card provider and make sure they will honor your charges in that foreign country. This is actually a really good idea since for personal cards they (the Card Provider) bear all of the risk so they are locking down out-of-area charges for personal cards as much as possible. The solution is to keep your card company informed of your travel plans, or get a card which is intended for that purpose. Todd > > -- > Dean > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > Ietf@ietf.org > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf >
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