Travellers rejoice - the Supercard is here.
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This is where they travellex say make sure you have a backup card. Which is basically a cop out for the fact they don't have any mechanisms in place to help people.
I lost my Beta supercard in Chile, they basically said too bad, we will only send a new one to your home address.
I previously had a travellex cash passport globe. That randomly stopped working in Seville. I called them and they said they can't get me another card instead they will send me my money to a western union.
Was it Barclaycard that used to run ads about these sort of things, and claim to get you a replacement card wherever you are in the world?
I lost my Beta supercard in Chile, they basically said too bad, we will only send a new one to your home address.
I previously had a travellex cash passport globe. That randomly stopped working in Seville. I called them and they said they can't get me another card instead they will send me my money to a western union.
Was it Barclaycard that used to run ads about these sort of things, and claim to get you a replacement card wherever you are in the world?
Not sure this is the case if you read the terms and conditions it states they will only pay back percentage of the loss.
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Get yourself a good credit card instead. These prepaid things are really not that good especially if your card gets cloned or something.
[TW]Fox;29788637 said:
Actually the Revolut card isn't that bad at all as you can block/turn it off when you aren't using it, turn the magnetic strip off, use location detection on your phone so when it's used where you aren't it is rejected etc.
In what way is this better than just using a fully protected zero fee credit card? I don't even need to think about it, I just tap contactless like I'm at home. No stupid apps, no preloading, no stupid online only authorisation...
Why is everyone so desperate to ignore the obvious, cheapest and most secure option in favour of these cards that look designed for a school kids first ski trip?
[TW]Fox;29788662 said:In what way is this better than just using a fully protected zero fee credit card? I don't even need to think about it, I just tap contactless like I'm at home. No stupid apps, no preloading, no stupid online only authorisation...
Why is everyone so desperate to ignore the obvious, cheapest and most secure option in favour of these cards that look designed for a school kids first ski trip?
Are there credit cards with zero fees/cost for cash withdrawals?
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True, a very small minority cannot get credit cards. But if we drew a venn diagram of people who get refused credit cards and people who travel the globe spending money abroad there would be very little overlap.
Yes - a few. They are not truly zero cost because they charge interest from the withdrawal day but on say a Halifax Clarity this works out at something like 1.5% per month outstanding. So if you take out £200 and leave it outstanding an entire month it costs like 3 quid. And realistically you wouldn't need that much cash anyway (as everywhere takes card).
[TW]Fox;29788760 said:
That's partially true. As an example, I was in Capri the other day and we had lunch, it came to €35 and I went to pay by card and was told they had a €45 minimum charge for use of cards, so I used cash. After that we went for some gelato which cost €6 and they didn't bother taking cards. Repeat that for a few days and you can see you can burn through €200 quite easily.
Another example, I was travelling in Bangladesh, India and Bhutan last year. Many places where we were didnt take credit/debit cards, only cash.
Sure, Asia/India is somewhat different but 99% of 'which card herpderp' threads are about Europe and North America. North America is almost entirely cash-free though parts of Europe can be a bit weird about card, surprisingly the most trouble I've had was Germany.
But that's why a good credit card is such a good option - need cash? You've got cash. Need card? You've got card. All at the best rates with the best security and the highest level of convenience.
But that's why a good credit card is such a good option - need cash? You've got cash. Need card? You've got card. All at the best rates with the best security and the highest level of convenience.
[TW]Fox;29788865 said:
I agree with what you are saying, North America is pretty much like the UK and I just use my card everywhere but I like to travel to places other than just Europe and the US, in fact the majority of my holidays are outside those areas. I will be cycling in rural Nepal in November and most of those places will only take cash, in fact it is often just easier to take either £ or $ and change it up over there as even ATMs are unreliable.
