zip code at gas pumps
I know the answer to this question has come up before but have forgotten it. Being from Canada, I do not have a Zip Code to put in when it is requested at the gas pumps. I know there was a formula usi...
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Rover_Bill wrote:
It's also a pain for USA drivers in Canada. While RVing in Alberta this summer, I hit a lot of Canadian fuel pumps that refused my USA credit cards at the pump and had to go inside to pay for my fuel. Such is life when traveling in a FOREIGN country (both yours and mine).
I'm wondering if the problem relates to "chipped" cards with the Canadian stations requiring a chipped card and a PIN number. Maybe when chipped cards become universal for US folks their cards will work at the Canadian pumps.
The work around (numbers from our postal code plus 2 zeroes) works almost 100% of the time for us in the US.
