Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community - View Single Post - Visa, Mastercard, or American Express. Which do you recommend, and why?

spindles · 06-19-2006, 07:53 PM

I have two cards: Amex Charge card (where you have to pay the balance at the end of the month) and a Visa debit card (attached to my bank account). In both cases, I am spending my money, not someone elses credit. I have rarely run into places that wouldn't take the amex. In Oz, though, merchants are allowed to add a surcharge based on the type of credit card. This is knocking the Amex around a bit as a lot of smaller merchants are passing on the cost...

My brother (years ago) said he had a lot of trouble with Visa in south america, but Mastercard was well accepted. Maybe it depends where you are travelling/using it...

06-19-2006, 07:53 PM	#13 (permalink)
spindles Mine is an evil laugh Location: Sydney, Australia	I have two cards: Amex Charge card (where you have to pay the balance at the end of the month) and a Visa debit card (attached to my bank account). In both cases, I am spending my money, not someone elses credit. I have rarely run into places that wouldn't take the amex. In Oz, though, merchants are allowed to add a surcharge based on the type of credit card. This is knocking the Amex around a bit as a lot of smaller merchants are passing on the cost... My brother (years ago) said he had a lot of trouble with Visa in south america, but Mastercard was well accepted. Maybe it depends where you are travelling/using it... __________________ who hid my keyboard's PANIC button?