use bank card (Maestro) to pay for hotels in HK and China?
Jul 25, 2012, 5:38 am
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use bank card (Maestro) to pay for hotels in HK and China?
I have an upcoming trip to both HKG and the mainland and am wondering if anyone here has any experience using an EU bank card (Maestro) to pay a hotel there. Both hotels accept major credit cards, but of course a maestro bank card is neither a CC nor does it have that number format. This particular card has been used to pay for hotels in other places (widely throughout Europe but also in India) but I don't recall if I've used it at either of these hotels. Neither hotel's website mentions this but neither have any of the others where I've used it.
Jul 26, 2012, 1:05 am
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I have actually emailed both hotels in question but have not yet gotten a response. It's not a critical issue either way but I was (am) curious about any FTers anecdotal experiences in this particular situation.
Jul 26, 2012, 3:07 pm
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Maestro cards are not well-accepted around the world in my experience. They normally work fine in ATMs, but not so fine at retailers.