British cards in French petrol pumps

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Fri 19 Oct 2007 21:57
British cards in French petrol pumps - mike hannon
Just returned from a pretty extensive jaunt around South and South West France and I thought it was worth passing on that, after a few experiments on my part, it now appears Super U and Leclerc supermarket petrol stations are now equipped to take UK 'chip and pin' debit and credit cards in their 24-hour pumps.
In my experience the Leclerc ones now have a sticker on them saying they take Mastercard and Visa, but not Visa Electron (whatever that is).
Don't know about other supermarkets but those two are pretty general throughout France.
I also found when heading back from the UK a couple of months ago that the Esso station just outside the ferry port in Cherbourg also takes UK cards in the automatic pumps.
Hope this helps when planning next year's hols...
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Fri 19 Oct 2007 22:31
British cards in French petrol pumps - Chris White
Visa Electron is a debit or credit card available across most of the world, with the exception of the United States, Canada and Australia. The card was introduced by VISA in the 1980s and is a sister card to the Visa Debit card.

If the Visa Electron logo is the only VISA logo on the card, the card will always require online authorization; funds are checked for each transaction.

In the United Kingdom, the card is not as widely accepted as the sister Visa Debit card, but is often issued by banks as a debit card for children's accounts.
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Fri 19 Oct 2007 22:34
British cards in French petrol pumps - Pugugly {P}
And the Post Office for the Travel Money card they issue. Very useful, unscammable and untraceable..
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Mon 22 Oct 2007 16:05
British cards in French petrol pumps - Mapmaker
Interesting, thank you. Thought it might be worth a bump.
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