Originally Posted by
tylorcl
Air ticket purchase can usually be paid by credit card. But for some small travel agent, they might be able to provide a small discount if you can pay cash.
Prices quoted for air tickets by all agents large and small are predicated on the idea that you will be paying cash. IF they accept foreign credit cards, then a premium is charged. This in most cases includes tickets bought through even up-market hotels, who will be themselves passing on cash, and will prefer that to charging the ticket to your room (which, if done, will also possibly attract further charges).
Originally Posted by
tylorcl
The use of the credit card in a shop, only if they can have the Visa/Master or even JCB/Amex/Diner logo, can they accept your credit card.
The presence of credit card signs is no guarantee whatsoever that your card will be accepted (often only domestic versions of Visa and Mastercard are accepted, for instance), and nor does the absence of logos mean it won't be accepted: the connection between arranging to accept foreign cards and remembering to put up the logos is not fixed.
It should be added that if you are wise you certainly won't be shopping for souvenirs anywhere that does accept foreign cards as this will add significantly to the already high chance that you will be massively overpaying.
Cash is what you need.
Peter N-H
China