Problems using US EMV Credit Card in U-Bahn Kiosk
 

My SO travels often to Europe so she has two EMV/chip + PIN credit cards: US Bank and Penfed. She has been able to use them without problem in most situations EXCEPT the German U-Bahn automatic kiosks always reject both cards. Her German friends have no problem on the same machine with their credit cards.

Anybody know why the EMV cards fail on the U-Bahn? Has anybody successfully used a US issued EMV card in the U-Bahn kiosks?

Here is a website that explains priority of EMV cards.

Are you sure her German friends are using credit cards? Last time I was there, those kiosks did not accept credit cards.

Local debit cards only it looks like

She thinks her friends were using credit cards, but she could be wrong. Maybe she can get a German prepaid card and use that?

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