Life lesson - In case you're not aware
I'll relate my recent experience for those of you that are unaware of some "new" policy with credit cards. We made a recent trip from our home in the Dallas area to Carlsbad N.M. These transaction...
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Effy wrote:bshpilot wrote:
its not the bank or the clearing house (knowing where i am or how long I'm away) that i care about....its the EMPLOYEES that have access to that information that concerns me !
the bank has a need to know & validate charges - they DO NOT have a need to know how long i will be gone or where else i will be traveling to.
I travel EXTENSIVELY for business - my corp card (while backed by my company with a personal liability) has NEVER had the issue & its used as much if not more than my personal card(s). Not ONCE in over 35 years of traveling (for business) have i EVER been contacted by my corp travel card provider to validate my charges....and not ONCE have i had to call them to notify them of my travel plans !
Of course not, it's a corp card with a whole different set of rules, many of which are travel allowances. And lets exercise some logic here. If you live one place and transactions are occurring at another, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out you are not home. If a customer service rep a 1000 miles from where you are (if not off shore) wanted to target your home while you are away, they already have all the information they need. The letting them know thing is to prevent your card from being cut off in a pre-emptive measure. That's all. It's not an invitation for a raid on your home. In your case it's a moot point if you are using a corp card so you don't have a dog in this fight.
It was my personal cards that were used while on business travel. Only place where I could not use the cards was outside of major metropolitan areas in mainland China...they only accepted cards issed by Chinese banks at that time. Today it is likely that non-China issed cards are more widely accepted.
