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Old Aug 11, 2019 | 2:16 am
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Originally Posted by lostfly
It was a good advice indeed, thanks everybody. Except that there was a minor issue with the payment. The terminals don't accept credit cards without pin. I guess most people at Europe always have a pin enabled on the credit cards, but AFAIK this is not nearly as common on other places. I had to pay with a debit card.
OT ever since the massive changeover to chip cards about 10 years ago, all European cards must use a pin to validate the transaction (as opposed to signing like the US). However, both credit and debit cards had pins in case you needed to withdraw money at an atm.
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