"Roland Perry" wrote in message
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In message , at 16:18:26 on Sun, 7 Aug 2016,
tim... remarked:

Many foreign countries don't have a credit card culture, at least not on
a one per family member basis

not all foreign banks offer contactless

That's just something that travellers have to cope with, like getting
the relevant foreign currency. You can easily get contactless pre-paid
cards from third parties.

But why would anyone want a pre-payment card,

So you can pay for things.

especially if you can't get a refund

Spend the balance in the bar at the airport on the way home. Or even after
you get back home.

Oh I understand now

I thought the PP was referring to a pre-payment travel card (like the
visitor Oyster)

Does contactless work with pre-payment cards. I though the consensus was
that it didn't

The transport network of South Sweden run an oyster-like card (it is also
developed/managed by Cubic), which offers 20% discount on cash fares

But it is only fundable with 200Kr (so 20 quid) at a time - no refunds.

20% saving on 10 pounds of fares is pointless if you have to write off 10
pounds left on the card.

That's not a contactless Credit Card.

I know

but it is what I thought the PP was suggesting the user should buy (instead
of the alternative of sticking cash into the ticket machine when you buy a
ticket)

tim