Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site oliveb.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!hao!hplabs!oliveb!jerry From: jerry@oliveb.UUCP (Jerry Aguirre) Newsgroups: net.consumers Subject: Re: Credit Cards in Europe Message-ID: <205@oliveb.UUCP> Date: Tue, 30-Oct-84 13:33:16 EST Article-I.D.: oliveb.205 Posted: Tue Oct 30 13:33:16 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 3-Nov-84 08:05:19 EST References: <303@whuxl.UUCP> <474@aluxe.UUCP> <261@idi.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Olivetti ATC, Cupertino, Ca Lines: 19 I have always been able to use my AmEx card in Europe but was surprised to find it useless on a trip to Saudi Arabia. I don't mean at some restaurant or hotel, I mean at the airline ticket office. Saudi only has one airline, Air Saudi, no others permitted. Had to get a travel advance from my employer's local office. So, if you are traveling outside Europe, indeed anywhere not regularly visited by tourists, check before traveling there. In Saudi you could probably get away with carrying cash as the crime rate is very low. Of course you can still lose things. I probably could have arranged something thru a bank, or just payed for a ticket to Europe instead of all the way back to the states but don't expect to show up at the airport, charge a ticket, and fly. They don't sell tickets at the airport anyway. You have to pick them up ahead of time as they must get your travel approved. Jerry Aguirre {hplabs|fortune|idi|ihnp4|ios|tolerant|allegra|tymix}!oliveb!jerry