Originally Posted by DCBob

I used my Citi Visa card several times to buy VR cards and received NO fraud alerts. I used my Chase United MileagePlus Visa at SuperAmerica and got a robot fraud alert call after the second purchase, but both purchases had been approved. No big problem there.

On the other hand, I used my Virgin America Barclay Visa card and they made CVS call them for an approval code. Then Barclays called me over to the CVS phone and gave me hell, asking for my full name, mother's maiden name, DL number, SSN, name of first born child, etc. Then back to the CVS cashier, at which point the manager stepped in, and listened in as the whole line of shoppers watched us. They asked the cashier to look at my picture and asked if it really looked like me, asked for her to compare my handwriting, etc. This went on for 10 minutes and finally Barclays gave the cashier an approval code - which - get this - did NOT work! I am not joking about any of this (except the first born child). Never will I use that card again for a VR card purchase!