Unattended kiosks in France tend to often work only with a chip & "offline" PIN EMV card. Even if your Flexperks card is EMV (has a chip on it), it's pretty likely it's just chip & signature, perhaps with a chip and "online" PIN option. (Extremely few EMV cards issued in the US have been "offline" PIN to date.)

France was one of the first countries to adopt EMV, before there was widespread connectivity, and that's why they adopted "offline" PIN (where the PIN is verified in the chip itself), rather than "online" PIN (where the chip is verified in an online communication with your bank).

See this thread for more:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/credi...signature.html

International Flight to Italy
 

I've been keeping an eye on airfare to Rome and Milan in October and have found fares to Milan for $840/$850 on Orbitz for American Airlines and Delta, However, the only flights available in The Rewards Center are 70,000 point flights. Why are there such limited flights available if The Rewards Center is pulling from Orbitz? I apologize if this question has been asked before. I have only used points to book domestically, but not internationally.

this is fairly common.

check some tips in my previous post

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/22989483-post911.html

The one way cost is 50,000 points with 2 stops for the first leg and the same for the return trip. That would cost an additional 30,000 points. Why would they suggest buying the flight and then redeeming points for cash when the redemption value is only .01 for cash and up to .02 for flights.

Actually the Rewards Center pulls from Travelocity, not Orbitz.

I've had no problems searching for flights on Travelocity, then finding them once again in Rewards Center to go through with the booking.

I thought it was Travelocity as well, but on the flight selection page it says Powered by Orbitz Partner Network.

Having same issue with Mexico flight. Priced out $583 on United.com and Orbitz, yet it's over $1100 on their site, or by calling up. Redic.

Tried putting in the exact flights from Travelocity that were $573 total, and it came out to $1,022 on Flexperks. Yay.

Just ran into this. Went over 120k on last statement; lost over 7k points (they told me all they could give me was 3500). I had set up autopay. There wasn't a range of dates when I set it up. It gave me the 14th. But I called in today and they told me my range of autopay dates was 9th through the 16th. The reason I lost points was because I hadn't selected the first pay date, which I never saw. Told me if I changed it to the 9th, I'd be okay.

We'll see.

So check your autopay date... maybe even call them if you can't see what range of dates you can make your payment. Choose the first available date and pay in full.

Thanks so much for your response - you've literally provided the @:-) !
Once I found the US-based ones repeatedly rejected, I started using my European CCs for the toll roads and finally saved ourselves the embarrassment of a long back-up-queue - quelle horreur ;)

Actually, my Flexperks Travel Rewards account says: "Powered by Orbitz"
I check International flights on a fairly regular basis and have not had problems finding the flights that are shown on Google Flights, Travelocity or Orbitz.
They might not be exactly the same flights, and I cannot force any connecting airports but the basics as pricing and airline/alliance are the same.

FWIW .. my longtime strategy with Flexperks has always been to watch diligently for a specific itinerary to go down in price - in fact just below the $800 mark (for 40k FP) or the $1000 mark (for 50k FP) is perfect - and there are various ways to do so, but my favorite is on Twitter - and voilà, the price will be the same on Flexperks Travel.
However, your choice in flights and routing might be somewhat limited, which can be important especially when considering a MR.

I've decided to dump the card - just too much stress dealing with the declined charges and fraud holds - and having to watch out for the "perfect" redemption.

Originally Posted by cyclotron
American Airlines sells gift cards with the lowest amount of $50. Any thoughts on how to use the $25 credit for AA? I don't need to pay for luggage check-in.

I have redeemed for 2 tickets, could I buy a $50 AA gift card and get credit for $50 total. Thank you!

that shoudl work. But please call us bank to confirm or be ready to absorb the extra $50.