Originally Posted by
tksr80
Hi all, longtime lurker, first time poster. I am taking my first trip to Europe (Munich, Prague, Norway) in a couple weeks. I have read that in Europe, most merchants now only accept credit cards with chip and pin rather than magnetic style strips. Is this true? I would prefer to use the sapphire card in Europe with no transaction fees if possible. I do have a Citi Thank you card with the chip and pin style but that card has foreign transaction fees.
i have not found that statement to be correct. last 12 months, we used a card well over 100 times. the single time it was refused, the place was cash only. (was in palermo). the day of chip and pin is probably coming, but until the great american companies ship chip and pin cards, and make chip readers, most of western europe will suck up, and take your money on a regular cc.