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Originally Posted by TOS'd
Carried cash and used amazon Visa when I went to Japan. One thing to note when withdrawing money is your daily withdrawal limit. When I went backpacking through Europe, I used an atm in Germany(one of their big banks on the cirrus network). Tried withdrawing something like €400(approx. $600). But kept getting declined. I remember telling the bank I was traveling to these countries on these certain dates. Had to go through some hoops to call my bank while overseas, and found out that they did put a note that I would be traveling, but didn't mention to me that my daily withdrawal limit was set at like $200 or something low. Thus my €400 transaction kept getting declined.
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Good point! For past trips I've been able to get the daily limit raised quite high ($1500-$2000), though they can be somewhat reluctant. They can do it for a temporary period as well.
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