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@Elcid89 wrote:Likewise for the CIBC Aerogold VISA Infinite, the Scotiabank Momentum VISA Infinite, and the TD Canada Trust First Class Travel VISA Infinite.
All have minimum lines of $5,000 with personal income of $60,000 or household income of $100,000.
Dang, I knew I should have asked for more on the ScotiaBank Visa. I just asked for $10k because I was a little gun shy. Maybe I will CLI my card upwards to match my other ones.
I agree with the others, M/C seems to be more prevelant here in Canada. It could be my imagination but I think about 75% of the cards are M/C rather than VISA.
my Local DMV refused to take Visa -_-;
MasterCard FTW!
@Roarmeister wrote:
@Elcid89 wrote:Likewise for the CIBC Aerogold VISA Infinite, the Scotiabank Momentum VISA Infinite, and the TD Canada Trust First Class Travel VISA Infinite.
All have minimum lines of $5,000 with personal income of $60,000 or household income of $100,000.
Dang, I knew I should have asked for more on the ScotiaBank Visa. I just asked for $10k because I was a little gun shy. Maybe I will CLI my card upwards to match my other ones.
I agree with the others, M/C seems to be more prevelant here in Canada. It could be my imagination but I think about 75% of the cards are M/C rather than VISA.
MC seems to be more prevalent here as well. Inside the US Visa seems to be more prevalent, but that often changes once you step outside the country.
I just found pages with real information as opposed to my gut feelings:
I suspect the % data hasn't changed much since 2009.
In Canada, in 2008, M/C had 38.7% of the market, VISA had 38.3% (and most of the banks), 17% AMEX and the remaining 8-9% shared among the other CCCs.
@USF813 wrote:
I'd also add that I think the bigger problem for world travelers, and something I've faced in my 26 times to Amsterdam - is the lack of chip and pin for most US based credit cards. I've never been able to pay for a train ticket in Amsterdam with either credit card. I always have to pull cash out of an ATM. Other European countries are hit or miss for me, but the Netherlands - take cash!
I encountered this at a number of restaurants in Paris (and to a much lesser degree, Italy) last month. It's been a long time since I used cash as regularly as I did during the trip.
It's been a few years since I've been to Paris, and when I did go I don't think chip and pin was in full swing yet, so no issue using my cards. Last year in Spain no issues using US based cards either - and it's pretty cheap there. I think with the Spanish economy tanking they don't want to alienate American visitors so they make it easy for us. No issues using Visa there either.