Originally Posted by
dcaiadflyer
Actually, I recently used the cash advance PIN for my Citi Prestige (chip and sign) at an automated kiosk at at Italian train station and was not charged cash advance fees--it was processed as a normal purchase (the kiosk would not let me purchase a ticket without a PIN).
Originally Posted by
mgcsinc
Hmm. I wonder if any PIN would have worked...
IME, no.
In July 2014, I stayed in Malmö but went back and forth to Copenhagen on the train every day for 6 days. The automated kiosk required a PIN for my chip-and-signature Marriott Rewards Visa, would not accept not entering a PIN (i.e. just hitting "enter" when prompted for a PIN), nor 0000, nor other random numbers. But it did accept my cash advance PIN, I was charged as a purchase (i.e. not as a cash advance), and I was not charged foreign transaction fees. If I used the card anywhere else (i.e. restaurant, shop, etc. that was manned by a person or was someone handing me a POS handheld), the machine would spit out a form for me to sign without even prompting me for a PIN, which occasionally confused clerks but only momentarily. All those transactions were properly charged as purchases too. That's been my experience with the Marriott Rewards Visa in several other European countries as well.