Originally Posted by
mary_228
My daughter has had trouble with both the debit card and the credit card because they lack a "chip" in Dublin grocery stores. Also, when booking flights, she has had to use my credit card when Ryanair and AerLIngus wouldn't take the debit card. Ryanair said it doesn't accept "solo" card. I can't figure out what do do to help her. Do you have any advice?
[B]call your issuing bank's branch manager as many US banks have commercial relationships with foreign banks and many of the debit/credit card numbers have to be coded internally into the network to get cash abroad[./B]
An example of this is Bank of America has a business relationship with Scotia bank in Canada, but you have to call customer service and report you want to use it abroad and give them a timeframe how long you'll be away.
It is a security feature to block unauthorized charges being made with a stolen debit/credit card abroad.
There are national credit cards which you shouldn't have problems, such as AMEX, Chase, CitiBank, for example.