MTM Travel March 21, 2026
Capital One’s switch to the Discover payment network is getting cards declined at ATMs and payment terminals overseas — Mark found out the hard way in Poland and Dublin. Chase made things worse by quietly killing fraud alerts for international charges, leaving one of Mark’s travel buddies $1,000 in the hole at a bar in Poland with no notification. Plus a leaked Amex card nobody asked for, Yotel joining Hilton, and why tap-to-pay overseas might work against you in a dispute.
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Just add an alert for Chase to alert you to ANY charge over a certain amount. I now get alert over $1 and the alerts are worldwide.
$1,000 for a bar tab!?! In Poland? Were ladies of negotiable virtue involved because alcohol is fairly cheap in Poland?
It was a stolen card issue and they hammered through a few charges, but no alert. Kind of crazy really and makes it scary to carry a Chase card overseas.