Originally Posted by
Cathay Boy
May I ask what's the fascination of Visa over MC? All shops take both at the same time. I can see someone not wanting AMEX over Visa/MC, but Visa/MC are virtually joint to the hip in turns of popularity.
I already have 2 MC which I stuck with as they are tied to stuff that I cannot cancel. Therefore I don't want another MC.
I only have 1 Visa at the moment and I can cancel it, so if I have to get a new card I prefer to cancel my existing Visa and get a new Visa. That way I have 2 MC plus 1 Visa instead of 3 MC and no Visa.
You are right that they are accept together pretty much everywhere,
almost. For example, at the Olympics I think they only accepted Visa and nothing else. Sometimes (very very rarely) merchants only accept Visa and then having 3 MCs in your wallet isn't very useful.
I have no particular fascination with Visa per se.