Originally Posted by
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This year on one trip to Europe I easily found a situation where only PIN (couldn't prove whether it was online or offline) would work, no cash option, because it was an unattended gas station in late evening with no one around in rural western Norway.
Before Barclays chip+PIN cards I used Citi chip+sign cards, and found that even attended ticket offices for the Gautrain in Johannesburg wouldn't take the card. Also, automated ticket machines for the Sydney trains require chip+PIN.