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Originally Posted by moondog
(Post 31499564)
I could get by pretty well in Beijing on credit cards alone these days if I altered my food/drink habits a bit. Now that the lower end places have been pushed out of SLT, most of the remaining establishments accept foreign plastic, and of you can link foreign cards to Didi.
One can still be nervous about not having any local cash at all. |
Originally Posted by skyccord
(Post 31498766)
JW Marriott. I'm going to talk to them in the morning. They weren't getting it when I got in and was mentally spent.
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Originally Posted by MSPeconomist
(Post 31499565)
One can still be nervous about not having any local cash at all. |
"In China, a bank account may be required by the bank for receiving money in cash. Please consult the local bank location for more details. Overseas sender can send cash without a bank account."
https://www.westernunion.com/cn/en/receive-money.html |
Originally Posted by Smiley90
(Post 31499568)
can confirm, have done this before (coincidentally also at a JW Marriott), so give this a try.
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Originally Posted by 889
(Post 31499634)
"In China, a bank account may be required by the bank for receiving money in cash. Please consult the local bank location for more details. Overseas sender can send cash without a bank account."
https://www.westernunion.com/cn/en/receive-money.html |
I'm in Beijing, and am happy to help...but we are way out in Haidian...PM me if this is still an issue..
tb |
All Voldoo came to my rescue. Thankful for this community and the fact that he took time out of his day to help me out. Thanks to all.
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Originally Posted by skyccord
(Post 31499660)
All Voldoo came to my rescue. Thankful for this community and the fact that he took time out of his day to help me out. Thanks to all.
Luckily I’ll be back in the states tomorrow, was happy to help. Enjoy your stay in Beijing. |
Glad it worked out, notwithstanding swallowed debit card!
tb |
Originally Posted by Voldoo
(Post 31499686)
And just as a reminder that no good deed goes unpunished, I left my card in the ATM machine, lol :D Luckily I’ll be back in the states tomorrow, was happy to help. Enjoy your stay in Beijing. |
Originally Posted by altabello
(Post 31498806)
ran into this problem in AMS last year, was only there for ~8 hours and didn't bring Euros. Thought that restaurants & cafes would take CC, but they all pointed to ATM machines that required a pin. Finally got lucky at the Centraal train station, where they gave me cash advance on my Visa with my passport as ID. Huge fee. Set up pins first thing when I got home.
Not sure why the US is the only place on earth where CCs are still given out without a PIN on it by default. |
Originally Posted by YogiB
(Post 31500120)
At the airport, all merchants will accept credit cards. The rest of the country: sporadically at best (people don't own credit cards and the fees are too high for merchants compared to 1ct per debit transaction). But you'll need a PIN everywhere. Only way to possibly get around it is having lunch inside an international hotel.
Not sure why the US is the only place on earth where CCs are still given out without a PIN on it by default. |
It blows my mind that banks still issue cards without PINs and don't event let you manage the PIN online if there isn't a default set...
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Originally Posted by YogiB
(Post 31500120)
At the airport, all merchants will accept credit cards. The rest of the country: sporadically at best (people don't own credit cards and the fees are too high for merchants compared to 1ct per debit transaction). But you'll need a PIN everywhere. Only way to possibly get around it is having lunch inside an international hotel.
Not sure why the US is the only place on earth where CCs are still given out without a PIN on it by default. |
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