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Originally Posted by asianthree
We do our oldest lives in the UK. Found that after our visa was compromised multiple times while spending the summers in Europe AX has sites you can go to with out fees and have never had a problem there. It's the card of choice for our kids also, don't care about perks just my accounts being compromised.
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That's good. It's hardly accepted anywhere in France or Italy unless you're staying in some big chain or eating at some super fancy restaurant. Not us in either case! Our Amex is not platinum, so there is a 2.7% transaction fee assessed by Amex itself. Doesn't matter who the merchant is. If it's overseas, you pay that fee.
We never have a problem with Visa in Europe. Once in Australia. But every single time I used my Amex while visiting our kids in Brooklyn, NY--four times in one year--the Amex was compromised. At least in Europe, the physical card never leaves our sight.
The only hassle we've had with accounts being compromised is having to change account # on our automatic payments. Otherwise it's never cost us a dime because the cc co. covers the fraud.