AMEX credit card

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Wed, 24 Nov 2010 20:07:24 +0000

^Those places tend to accept AMEX. Very few cabs, supermarket chains, fast food places, and liquor stores don’t accept AMEX. Mostly its the smaller businesses like mom-and-pop stores that won’t accept AMEX. Some really small businesses won’t take cards at all. So to be safe, get the AMEX but just keep a bit of cash for those places that don’t take AMEX or don’t take cards at all.

EDIT: You also want to make sure there isn’t a huge “foreign transaction fee” or something like that. AMEX charges 1% for foreign transactions, but that is reasonable. You just want to ensure your bank doesn’t charge you like 5% on top of that! Some banks here in the US charge like 3% for transactions made outside the US. So watch out for that as it could add up quick.