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Originally Posted by ta-rider
I would say dont relay too much on the plastic cards.
My Credit Card suddenly did not work anymore when i was in Africa. I contacted the bank. They told me oh we have send you a new one to your home adress a few weeks ago. I replyed "but im in africa and the old card should be still valied more then two months". They said sorry but we cant help you...
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Exactly this happened to me with my cash card, during a 5-month stay in Guatemala. It left me in a bad situation. Just lucky I had a credit card that I could draw cash on.
The expiry date on my cash card was nearly a month after the end of my trip.
But take note, banks will switch off your card once they have sent a new card to your home, which may be many weeks before the expiry of the card in your pocket.
And they claim they have no way of switching your card back on.
And when you explain that all their records must show you've been in a foreign country for months, well all you get are excuses.
So take care that the expiry dates of the cards you're taking are at least 2 months (or maybe more) after the date you return home. Unless you have some way of having cards that are sent to your home posted out to wherever you are.
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