Originally Posted by
squeakr
we call in advance and STILL get blocked if we try to use our ATM cards at big overseas airports when we first arrive. (LHR, CDG) SO now we take some cash and don't use the cards till we're in a town. B of A has told us it's due to high fraud at airports.
I have BofA and have never had this experience. Then again, I always look around for one of the ATM alliance ATMs (at least in places like LHR/LGW, CDG, FRA and other places where its possible), which probably helps.
Originally Posted by
t325
I always call mine and have never had a problem.
My mom had her Bank of America debit card shut off on a domestic trip. They were extremely puzzled by the fact that it is indeed possible to use your debit card in St. Louis, and about 4 hours later, use it in Los Angeles. I guess they never heard of these things called airplanes and figured it was fraudulent. I thought that was BS - I've never had to call and report a domestic trip and never had my card shut off.
I had the opposite happen. I had to protest 2 charges on my AMEX, which had been stolen at ORD and was used at some gas stations in Chicago while I was flying back to LAX.