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Credit card 'not authorised' in ATMs abroad

LankyMoneySaver · 2011-01-27 23:04:12

Hi all, I was away in Bruges (Belgium) last weekend and planned to get cash out there on the misses Halifax Clarity credit card. However we tried it in a couple of machines and always got a message saying the card was not authorised. We started running short of the cash we'd taken with us so one time it didn't work I then…

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fozmcfc Posts: 3,098 Forumite

29 January 2011 at 3:18PM

I've had issues in Spain and Portugal with machines and not because I haven't informed my bank I've gone abroad.

Maestro/Mastercard cards seem to have an issue with certain machines (depending on which banks machine it is). My mates who have Visa Debt cards including Electron tend to have no problems. Now my Maestro has been changed to a Visa hoping not to have issues, if I need to draw money out.

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