Originally Posted by
Bigzamboni
I have successfully used a Vanilla and Metabank Five Back card for online transactions in €. No extra currency conversion fee, either.
Never tried any gift cards outside the us for in-person transactions to see if they'd work, however.
This might not lead anywhere big for MS, but it might be worth looking deeper.
I suspect that while the purchase was in Euros, the actual transaction took place electronically in the USA, i.e. the IP address was in the US, thereby making it a US transaction.
Now if someone reports that they went to France and bought in a shop an item with a Visa or MC GC, then I would agree that perhaps these cards have a wider geographic scope than officially reported.
