Originally Posted by
joshwex90
1. Many places in France only accept French-issued cards
2. Italy is primarily Chip&Signature or Swipe&Sign. Many places ONLY do swipe still - either don't have EMV capabilities, or swipe chip cards anyways
Regarding France, that was why I asked where
JEFFJAGUAR's fellow sufferers in line at CDG were from. I have no hands-on idea, but I wondered if the problem was that the card wasn't French or at least EU.
Originally Posted by
chipless
If there are countries doing that, then there will always be situations where foreigners are out of luck.
According to this April 2014 TripAdvisor thread, local transportation systems like city subways don't accept credit cards at all. The Deutsche Bahn national rail system does.
http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowTopic...alatinate.html