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Yes, I sent him €400 and it cost over $550. I don’t see that as a sustainable solution for the next several months that he plans to spend in Europe.Sorry to learn of your problem Have you looked at sending money via Western Union?
Here is their web.
https://www.westernunion.com/fr/en/home.html
Good luck to you and Buen camino to your son!
Thank you, I will suggest to him that he go inside and speak to a teller.Has he walked inside a bank to inquire about using his card to withdraw money from a teller? With proper identification it could be possible.
Walking with a single credit card is not advisable.
Meredith is correct about using Western Union, the money can be picked up in almost any location along the Camino.
I would be very cautious about mailing a new credit card to Spain.
Thank you, I will suggest to him that he go inside and speak to a teller.
He has ordered a new card and we will mail it to him from the US when it arrives at our house,
Yes, Wells Fargo was put on notice of his travel plans. Their policy in replacing a debit card is to mail it to the address of record. They seem quite strict about this requirement. Perhaps if I send the card to Ivar using FedEx or DHL? Would that be safer than the Postal Service?It would take a pretty powerful magnetic field to strip a modern chip&pin. Has your son been hitch-hiking UFO's?
Why isn't the card provider mailing the card direct to an agreed pick-up? There are some complex liability issues if you are forwarding the card. All his. Does his card provider even know he is in Europe? If not that will probably explain the disfunction - the provider has blocked all transactions until their customer qualifies them.
He can get money on his credit card, probably, but he will need a PIN, and if he does not have it, the credit card companies only mail them to his address of record.
That is just the rate of exchange, very little to do with the service of wiring money. The wiring fee is very small.Yes, I sent him €400 and it cost over $550. I don’t see that as a sustainable solution for the next several months that he plans to spend in Europe.
He has a credit card and a debit card. It’s the debit card that no longer works, hence my questions about buying currency with his credit card. Sorry if that was unclear.
At the official exchange rate 400 Euros should be about 470 US$That is just the rate of exchange, very little to do with the service of wiring money. The wiring fee is very small.
..... Is it possible for him to use a credit card for a cash advance .....
I very much doubt that the US Embassy would advance money to someone who has the means (mother who can wire money) to get money on their own. I would think that would be reserved for people in the most dire circumstances.Why not get in touch with the USA embassy and ask for assistance? I know the UK will advance cash etc and sort out this sort of problem, they dont like it but......
Why not get in touch with the USA embassy and ask for assistance? I know the UK will advance cash etc and sort out this sort of problem, they dont like it but......
The Embassy is very unlikely to be helpful as this is not their role. Many times a card reader or ATM is not working. Hopefully by simply alerting the bank that you had a difficulty and trying again with a different location, he will find it working again. Western Union is the parents best option, I think.
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