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Re:Credit Card Signatures Are About to Become Extinct in the... by kozhevnikov on Monday April 09, 2018 @08:04AM (#16792229)
A lot of businesses in the UK/Europe do not accept American Express due to higher fees. You would be better off getting a different card preferably that supports contactless payments so you could use it on the tube and buses instead of an Oyster card (remember to touch it on the way out as well).

https://tfl.gov.uk/fares-and-payments/contactless

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Re:Credit Card Signatures Are About to Become Extinct in the... by cjrp on Monday April 09, 2018 @09:43AM (#16792878)
A Revolut card supports chip and pin and contactless, I'm not sure if it's 100% launched for US customers yet though: https://www.revolut.com/us/
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Re:Credit Card Signatures Are About to Become Extinct in the... by letsgetphysITal on Monday April 09, 2018 @10:19AM (#16793134)
Upvote and reply, because Revolut is a dream. Prepaid so fraud is minimum risk (no possible overdraft), top up via mobile app, disable the card when you're not using it. It's so convenient that I use it to buy from shady sites (game keys, in game currency etc) and just disable the card once the purchase is complete. I can't believe it's still free.

Sorry for gushing. I love Revolut.

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Re:Credit Card Signatures Are About to Become Extinct in the... by ciaranm on Monday April 09, 2018 @11:11AM (#16793622)
Mostly it's fine using AMEX. There's enough exceptions I carry another card, but it's not that bad.

Also: TFL accept AMEX contactless as payment/oyster equivalent.

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Re:Credit Card Signatures Are About to Become Extinct in the... by bruceboughton on Tuesday April 10, 2018 @08:31AM (#16800831)
Most businesses now do support Amex -- there's been a major shift in the last few years.
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