RAY J Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 Have been following canleys message board james & craig are trying to find a petrol station that acepts uk credit cards. I would of thought entrants would of been advised to take euros . Just hope they get sorted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted User Posted September 9, 2005 Share Posted September 9, 2005 I wouldn't worry.James is very resourceful. ::)Anyway, they're through the Mont Blanc tunnel now.I'll bet they had the windows down all the way through so that they could hear their exhaust howl as they went through! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 The problem with the cards was that we were going through the night and most of the petrol stations were closed, and almost all the 24 hr petrol stations that were open were automatic credit card only no cashier, and didn't accept english cards, we tried all the credit/debit cards we had, so euros wouldn't be very useful . James and Craig ended up giving a frenchman they found 20 euros and got him to put the petrol on his card.Charlie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TR Tony Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 With a lot of UK issued credit & debit cards now, you need to advise the card company or your bank that you will be using it abroad BEFORE you go - usually they will want to know the dates you are abroad & the countries you intend to visit(!). It's an anti fraud measure but it seems not to be widely known or indeed widely publicised by the card issuers. If you do this you should have no problems using the card.Not much help now but bear it in mind for the next 10CR! Or your next holiday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
don cook1 Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 Cheers TR Tony, it was a problem last time and a problem this time...we'll know in 2007! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted User Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 Unfortunately no amount of notifying your bank in advance will make your British cards work in a French petrol pump - you need to have a French card >:( or go to a manned station where you can hand over your card or pay cash ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raider Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 That's right - I made reference to two petol stations we know of from 2003 which are manned.A Shell station south od reims and a petrol station at Feldkirk in Austria.If anyone found any others please let me know so we can include them in the next roadbook - a location would be nice, ideally a tulip diagram! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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