Reply To: US spending – payment card options.

[davefl]

stevenhp1987 wrote:

Man of Kent wrote:

Does anyone have any advice on what to enter when asked for a zip code at US petrol (gas) stations when wanting to pay by credit card? In the past I’ve tried the zip code for the accommodation but that’s no good and usually have to go to the booth to get an amount pre-authorised which is a faff particularly if it’s busy?

I use the numbers from my postcode, suffixed with 0s to make a 5 digit zip code.

Didn’t work with Chase, but did with my Barclaycard Travel a few days ago. Has worked on other cards for myself historically too.

Eg. your postcode is AB12 3CD then enter 12300. If EC2R 8EJ then 28000.

stevenhp1987 wrote:

Man of Kent wrote:

Does anyone have any advice on what to enter when asked for a zip code at US petrol (gas) stations when wanting to pay by credit card? In the past I’ve tried the zip code for the accommodation but that’s no good and usually have to go to the booth to get an amount pre-authorised which is a faff particularly if it’s busy?

I use the numbers from my postcode, suffixed with 0s to make a 5 digit zip code.

Didn’t work with Chase, but did with my Barclaycard Travel a few days ago. Has worked on other cards for myself historically too.

Eg. your postcode is AB12 3CD then enter 12300. If EC2R 8EJ then 28000.

+1 Works on most but not all cards in most but not all locations as I mentioned in my above post.