Originally Posted by
peachfront
While that used to be the case years ago, modern CC have substantially shortened the amount of time you have to pay. A frequent traveler out of country may not be able to pay before interest accrues. One of the reasons why I can rarely use my CC and pretty much stick to the debit card if I have foreign travel coming up.
You can (and I have) logged onto my credit card accounts on the internet and paid them while spending time abroad. For example, I registered my AMEX cards, and I can log onto the AMEX site, and pay those cards out of my bank account at any time, day or night, so long as I have internet access.
Therefore, I guess I don't really see the problem you raise as being a significant impediment. Certainly not one that would prevent me from earning all the FF miles I earn through CC usage.