On 2014-09-19 08:12:59 +0000, Roland Perry said:

They weren't "online only", but "there stands before you a second class
accountholder"; and of course lots of places didn't accept them if they
couldn't do real-time authorisation (in particular they were no use for
buying railway tickets, which is precisely the sort of transaction
their holders might actually want a card, rather than cash, for).

ISTR it was a case of "if you don't do an online authorisation the
transaction is at retailer's risk".

Neil
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