Comments on: Notifying Credit Cards of International Travel

By: Lazy Man and Money

Lazy Man and Money — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 23:06:16 +0000

This was about the only smart thing I did on my last vacation. I’m usually much, much too Lazy to call and talk to customer service about this. Sometimes it seems I get passed around 2 or 3 times and – it’s not how I want to spend my day.

By: jane

jane — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 07:00:58 +0000

If you regularly check access your account online, you can also use the same site to notify the companies. Both Chase and my local bank have a section online for notification of travel. Much quicker than the phone I think.

By: Richard at Student Scrooge

Richard at Student Scrooge — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 01:55:07 +0000

And if you forget to call in advance, remember that if you need to contact your credit card company while traveling, most will accept collect calls.

By: Phil

Phil — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:28:44 +0000

I traveled to Australia in October and never notified the credit card company. I primarily used a Capital One Platinum card, and I didn’t have any problems at all. That card is nice because they don’t charge any fee for currency conversion.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:34:42 +0000

What’s funny is this past spring my fiancee and I went on a Mediterranean cruise with his parents and sister. His parents and sister notified all their card companies of their international travel, my fiancee and I didn’t. So naturally, their cards got cut off the very first day and ours were active the whole trip.

By: Eric N.

Eric N. — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:03:02 +0000

Bookmarked for reference…I’m traveling extensively next year. Have fun Jim!