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Expensive travel card!

Briggs44 · 2025-06-04 09:55:41

Following an MSE recommendation I got a Halifax Clarity credit card for travelling to the USA. Big mistake. When I tried to use it they insisted on validating the purchase by sending me a code number to input. But I don't have a US roaming deal - £6 a day is too expensive and I use WhatsApp instead. But Halifax don't.…

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born_again Posts: 20,501 Forumite

6 June at 11:20AM

Always having more than one card should be the norm.
As what would you do if you lost card, or had fraud on it?

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