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Old Jan 6, 2012, 9:21 am
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danpeake
 
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Originally Posted by jamar
Got my replacement. Chipless. Asked about it while activating it over the phone and the rep said that EMV issuance is a "test program" that only applies to "selected accounts", of which mine was not one, and that if a rep previously said I was going to get one he was wrong. So nope, I think it's limited to MasterCards at this moment.

EDIT: If it makes a difference, the rep I got when activating my card specified she was from the "American office" while the guy doing the replacement didn't say but sounded like he was, well, from elsewhere.
My understanding is that it may just be for "World Elite" MasterCards.
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