Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/07/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Another thing, if you use your Visa & Mastercard in South East Asia (except Singapore) as a tourist, i.e. your card was issued in some other country, they will cancel & reissue the card, as Thailand/Malaysia/Indonesia are the credit card fraud capitals of the world. This has happened to me even for hotel payments at chains like the Shangri La, and shopping at upmarket shops. Cheers Jayanand On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 4:35 AM, Spencer Cheng <scheng at aotera.org> wrote: > I had a discussion with Visa once about this. It turns out even if you > notify them that you are travelling, give them the dates, countries and all > the other details, they still will flag purchases of unusually high value > and force you to do a phone verification. Hotel rooms and travel related > charges are fine though you can easily spend $K on a hotel stay. Go figure. > > Regards, > Spencer > > On Jul 23, 2009, at 15:22, Sonny Carter wrote: > > It also is a good idea to notify the bank that you plan to travel. Eric >> was >> unable to purchase a bow at a Paris Luthier because the bank suspected the >> charge wasn't in his pattern. >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >