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Jun 28, 2014, 10:17 am

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uklevi

Join Date: Jan 2014

Location: The UK

Posts: 154

Quote:

Originally Posted by architect1337

I'll be travelling to the U.S. In a couple of weeks so will be interesting to see how my UK cards work ( Chip and PIN)

Last time I was over, they took my card, swiped it and a receipt popped out. I signed the slip and they gave the card and slip back to me ( didn't bother to check the signature). I typically tipped in cash.

Overall though, I usually paid in cash as UK cards had a 2.99% fee. I now have a couple of cards with no foreign fees for swiping or ATM so will be using the cards a lot more in lots of different places ( restaurants, shops etc).

Anything I need to know?

You're traveling back in time. :P You're signature probably won't be verified, but not that it matters, because someone could just steal your card and copy your signature. It's a very good CVM. I like it.