Would you write your credit card number on a hotel registration form?
Jul 3, 2018, 3:33 pm
#16
Join Date: Mar 2016
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The implication is that giving someone else the number means it is "out of sight" so WorldLux wouldn't do that. Pretty clear in context.
I think that's excessively conservative but to each their own. Odds of someone dong something untoward with the card number are spectacularly low. And often picking the fight just to be "right" isn't worth the effort.
I think that's excessively conservative but to each their own. Odds of someone dong something untoward with the card number are spectacularly low. And often picking the fight just to be "right" isn't worth the effort.
I asked her to make sure that she left space for my SSN, but she didn't think that was funny....
Jul 3, 2018, 5:24 pm
#17
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Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: San Diego, CA
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Having to write my card details down on paper in general creeps me out, not just in the scenario OP described. Unfortunately it's sometimes unavoidable.
We had an opportunity to change this but apparently most American consumers had a huge problem with portable terminals carried by servers (and the other options have their own issues). That's for another thread though.
Jul 4, 2018, 2:45 pm
#18
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Yes. I purposefully have my bills paid on a separate card from the one I use for day to day purchases. I keep an eye out for fraud, but I'm not liable and worst case I have to use my backup card for a bit til the new one comes. It's good to be suspicious but sometimes you just have to critically evaluate risks and decide if the inconvenience is worth it.
Jul 6, 2018, 10:23 pm
#19
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I have scratched the CVV2 code off the back of all my credit cards, so that if someone copies the card info from the card, they will not have the CVV2 code which is needed for most online purchases, which I think is the highest misuse risk.
For physical transactions you should never need the CVV2 anyway, so it does not need to be shown on the card. I remember the CVV2 number for the cards I use most online, anyway, and save them all in my password manager.
Once a hotel asked for the missing CVV2 code at check-in and I tried to have a discussion about online vs card present transactions, but they were using some web-payment system with no alternative. Annoying but validated the idea of scratching the number off, otherwise I would not have known they copied the full card info.
For physical transactions you should never need the CVV2 anyway, so it does not need to be shown on the card. I remember the CVV2 number for the cards I use most online, anyway, and save them all in my password manager.
Once a hotel asked for the missing CVV2 code at check-in and I tried to have a discussion about online vs card present transactions, but they were using some web-payment system with no alternative. Annoying but validated the idea of scratching the number off, otherwise I would not have known they copied the full card info.