Aqua Contactless Abroad

JGUK

Quick one,

My friend on holiday had an Aqua Card and the contactless never worked - has anyone else got an Aqua and the contactless doesn't work abroad (EU country)?

Ta.

Dandytf

not sure

I have 2 aqua cards i thought they were non contacltess cards.

ive stopped adding cc's to my iphone

Found tesco foundation too simple to use more often than not

20aday

I've held an Aqua card in the last couple of months and mine wasn't contactless either.

They don't currently support Android/Apple Pay either.

moshoodo1

I have a contactless Aqua card and it works well in the UK not sure about abroad though.

d61mts

I had a similar issue when abroad. Contactless only worked on my Halifax Clarity Card, not the Aqua Card. Using Chip and Pin worked for both however, so not too much of an issue to do the pin instead of contactless when using the Aqua Card.

Dandytf

moshoodo1 wrote: »

I have a contactless Aqua card and it works well in the UK not sure about abroad though.

is your contactless card recent or requested

My 2 aqua cards aren't contactless 1 year approx and a few months old

stevenhp1987

http://www.aquacard.co.uk/contactless/

Can I use my contactless card overseas?

You can use your aqua card overseas but only as a chip and PIN card as the contactless functionality cannot be used abroad.

Dandytf

stevenhp1987 wrote: »

http://www.aquacard.co.uk/contactless/

thanks this answers why my aqua cards aren't yet contacless

Are all aqua cards now contactless?

Not all of our products will be available with contactless technology. aqua are trialling contactless during 2016 and 2017.

Sounds like some mser's are trailists�:cool:

JGUK

There you go thats answered that one !

Strange as all other credit cards I know work abroad with contactless ?

Why does aqua not have that functionality ??

System

JGUK wrote: »

There you go thats answered that one !

Strange as all other credit cards I know work abroad with contactless ?

Why does aqua not have that functionality ??

Obviously, simply a policy of theirs - the sub-prime issuers seemed slower with contactless.

JGUK

Understood - does Vanquis and Capital One not provide Contactless abroad ?

Let me see what I can find.

Seems a strange omissions especially in maybe just the EU and on a card that is marketed as a travel card.

I don't really see the difference between contactless working here and abroad or just here.