Using credit cards in Puerto Natales and Punta Arenas
Nov 24, 2015, 7:10 am
#1
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Using credit cards in Puerto Natales and Punta Arenas
We will be going to Puerto Natales and Punta Arenas and thinking of how much CLP we will need on hand. Do most restaurants/stores accept credit cards in Puerto Natales and Punta Arenas?
Nov 24, 2015, 8:23 am
#2
Join Date: Jun 2011
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Most shops in Chile accept cards, although it's a good idea to have cash on hand just in case.
My general rule is to take a couple of hundred USD with me in case of emergency but to use ATMs to withdraw local currency. Unlike in many other Latin American countries (e.g., Argentina, Brazil), Chile's ATMs almost always accept foreign cards without difficulties, so you shouldn't have trouble getting pesos when you need them.
My general rule is to take a couple of hundred USD with me in case of emergency but to use ATMs to withdraw local currency. Unlike in many other Latin American countries (e.g., Argentina, Brazil), Chile's ATMs almost always accept foreign cards without difficulties, so you shouldn't have trouble getting pesos when you need them.
Nov 28, 2015, 6:24 pm
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We used our ATM cards with no issue in Valparaiso and Santiago. We ate at a couple of very mom and pop roadside restaurants out in the Maipo Valley that only took cash. But they were very inexpensive. Maybe 2 bucks for lunch per person.