Debit and credit card info

Here some more info on debit cards/

=====Your card can simply stop working while you are abroad. This is usually because your own bank's computer system has intervened: it intercepts transactions (more often with credit cards than debit cards) that differ from your usual spending patterns and therefore look suspicious.

The bank admits it can note only one foreign country at a time on its system, and warns: 'When you move country, we need to know again"

====== My tips If traveling to the U.S.

If your at merchant that take both credit card and atm card(Nyce,Star,etc) and using a Visa Debit.

Try the Credit method first. If denied, try the atm/debit button and enter your pin. Both methods will come out of your checking account.

If using a Maestro card You can use those at some merchant that take these cards. You select the atm/debit button and enter your pin. If the merchant does not have the label just try the card. The atm networks here have shared agreements.

Some times a Maestro card may work as a Mastercard but it is hit and miss.

Try using an atm that does not hold your card while you do your transaction. This prevents the card for being ate.

Greg Rozelle