Not to belabor this thread, but... I was in Schiphol the week before IETF Anaheim and bought a train ticket. *None* of the my cards worked (Amex, Visa, Mastercard, and a debit, and yes I tried all of them). In fact, not only did they not work at the machines, but they were not accepted at the human-based ticket counter either, despite my having a Passport and one of the cards even has my picture on it. They had a sign even warning that it wouldn't work without a "PIN". It was cash only, but there is an ATM near by. I travel a lot and was quite surprised.
-hadriel p.s. on the other hand they have excellent licorice and hagelslag. :) > -----Original Message----- > From: ietf-boun...@ietf.org [mailto:ietf-boun...@ietf.org] On Behalf Of > Ralph Droms > Sent: Friday, April 02, 2010 4:56 PM > To: IETF Discussion > Subject: Re: Advance travel info for IETF-78 Maastricht > > So, with all this discussion, I'm still not clear what to expect. > When I walk up to a train ticket kiosk in Schiphol, should I expect to > be able to use my US-issued, non-chip credit card (AMEX, VISA - I > don't care as long as *one* of them works), or should I have a fistful > of Euros handy? > > - Ralph > > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > Ietf@ietf.org > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf
