Is MasterCard becoming obsolete?

[Bay_Area_Joe]

I am kind of bummed out tha the CSP is going away from MC.  The entire reason I got the CSP was to get the MC Version and use at Sam's Club.

Not to mention the chrome MC logo is sweet.

Respectively I only have one other MC and is the Citi Diamond Prefered.

I guess it is getting about time to shop for another MC.

Any suggestions on a high limit MC ? WMC ? or WEMC ?

Thanks

J

[Anonymous]

@SunriseEarth

Sams Club accepts Discover, you are correct

[IcEWoLF]

I know the citithank you cards are slowly moving away from MC, other than the prestige.

I was lucky to have gotten a mail invitation for the Citi Thankyou Preferred World Mastercard.

[coldnmn]

@SunriseEarth

You are right I just got the Sams Discover card.

[TiggerDat]

Visa is in first place with MC running a close second.  Visa happens to be more widely issued in the US, while MC is more widely issued on other parts of the world.  I think Europe still is more MC friendly due to their takeover of EuroCard many years back.  I do find it odd in the US when there is a place that only takes one or the other.  I actually thought there was no difference due to the agreement that MC and Visa have to share processing, however there could still be exceptions to it.  In Canada I did notice there were definite divides in some places where they did accept one and not the other.  I actually went to a bank there once to get a cash advance and was refused because they didn't take MC, only Visa.  (I was trying to avoid the ATM surcharge and international transaction fees.  I was using a debit card, not a credit credit card.  It was a trick I learned.  No ATM fees for doing a cash advance.  Now it is almost impossible to do a cash advance on a debit card to avoid the fee, the banks got wise to thrifty people like myself!)