Re:The absurdity of renting a car will no longer be tolerated
by brewdad on Sunday December 26, 2021 @10:29PM
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I ran into a similar problem, the other way in Norway. I couldn't buy gas with my USA credit card because I had no PIN. The station was unmanned. Fortunately, I had a debit card and could use that and it's PIN instead.
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Re:The absurdity of renting a car will no longer be tolerated
by ImprovedSilence on Sunday December 26, 2021 @11:26PM
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likewise, I've def run into this problem in Europe (several years ago). Some unmanned ticket kiosk for the local train/public transport would invariably only accept credit cards and require a pin, which I would not have. I think at some point I found out you could request a pin for you card, but I never actually got that to work either..
Re:The absurdity of renting a car will no longer be tolerated
by zoomablemind on Monday December 27, 2021 @01:41AM
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> ...I think at some point I found out you could request a pin for you card...
Wouldn't such PIN transaction amount to a 'cash advance' with a draconian interest rate?
Re:The absurdity of renting a car will no longer be tolerated
by lambertsimnel on Monday December 27, 2021 @06:11AM
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My (European) credit cards require a PIN for most payments, not only for cash advances. Presumably, a payment for fuel with PIN wouldn't be considered a cash advance.
If I did want cash, I'd use a debit card and it would be interest free (assuming there's money in my account), but I'd still have to pay a currency conversion fee and/or spread.