Originally Posted by craz

I agree,However, that will mean opening up a checking acct in that same country having to make sure you always have enough cash in it to be able to pay off your CC bill, thats if they allow for Electronic Direct payments. Then you will lose something when you change your US$ into the local currency to deposit into your acct.

Then theres working out how to get your CC bill. All in All too much of a hassle for me, Id rather have a US based card, unless Im living in another country for at least 1/2 the year.