mark connolly
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- Time of past OR future Camino
- sept 2016 CF
sept 2017 Lourdes to SJPDP via Piemonte
SJPDP to SDC via CF
2019 CF (God willing)
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Something is not right with your card. I've used my ATM card at home and abroad at all hours and never had a card taken. The only time this happened to me was when I forgot my PIN number and entered the wrong numbers 3 times in a row. I had to go inside the bank to retrieve.In a prior forum, someone mentioned the first rule of the jungle is, on the camino the
atm will eat your bank card when the bank is closed; or something to that effect, etc. Well it happened
to me. No, not on the camino, but at an ATM in NYC on Sunday (obviously the bank was closed and Monday,
Labor Day, is a holiday in the US). And guess what? I leave for the
camino on Thursday. Now don't worry, this was my spare or extra ATM card. As you can see,
this is a reminder to all, use the ATM during banking hours and keep an extra/spare ATM card
and some spare cash seperate for the other ATM/cash that you already have. With that
being said, I am off to Lourdes to start my camino. Wait....wait..in France it is called le chemin
and in Spain it is called el camino....so I am off on Thursday to Lourdes to start my chemin.
Buen camino, I mean bon chemin
Mark
That's what he wrote but that's not how ATMs work. Something went wrong there. This is not normal by any means.Are you saying that you can only use the ATM when the bank is open?
Are you saying that you can only use the ATM when the bank is open?
No. This was a warning that if you want to avoid problems on the camino you should use only use ATMs located at banks that are open. That way, if the ATM takes your card and doesn't return it (as happened to the OP), you can go into the bank and get your card returned. Otherwise you may be out of funds for a few days while waiting to get your card back.Are you saying that you can only use the ATM when the bank is open?
Are you saying that you can only use the ATM when the bank is open?
That's what he wrote but that's not how ATMs work. Something went wrong there. This is not normal by any means.
And other things can go wrong too.However, these days, some bank ATM's are being serviced by outside companies, so even when the bank is open the branch staff have no keys to retrieve captured cards.
What did your husband end up doing? Did he delay his camino?Not a silly thread at all. My husband (travelling on his own at the time) flew from Rome to Madrid, not only did his pack fail to arrive (2 weeks later found in the transit luggage in Rome airport) then his bank card was eaten by the machine at the airport. So we NEVER travel without a spare 50 euros in the pocket and another bank card for emergencies in the money belt. Technology is wonderful when it works!
p.s. missing NYC.
Are you saying that you can only use the ATM when the bank is open?
Something is not right with your card. I've used my ATM card at home and abroad at all hours and never had a card taken. The only time this happened to me was when I forgot my PIN number and entered the wrong numbers 3 times in a row. I had to go inside the bank to retrieve.
No, what was stupid was a Telebanco ATM message telling me something like "Funds already drawn" leaving me to assume that someone had already withdrawn the daily maximum amount from my account. The message actually should have been "Insufficient funds".It's about time I fessed up and admit that my post was a bit stupid
True. But the OP stated that ATMs don't work after banks are closed. That's what I was responding to. Not the other reasons that might cause an issue.Cards can be taken and have been taken for a wide variety of reasons:
The chip is damaged.
The card is flagged for "suspicious use" (you forgot to tell your bank that you are traveling abroad).
Hard/Software failure of the ATM.
Electricity outage in middle of transaction.
etc etc etc
Always take a back-up card. Buen Camino, SY
Different countries, different banks, different times, the same story: ATM eats the card, bank is open, its even the card issued by that same bank, but no, they don't service that ATM and all you can do is call the card service company to block that card and send you another (and not to the camino, but to the address they have in their system). Just be ready.No. This was a warning that if you want to avoid problems on the camino you should use only use ATMs located at banks that are open. That way, if the ATM takes your card and doesn't return it (as happened to the OP), you can go into the bank and get your card returned. Otherwise you may be out of funds for a few days while waiting to get your card back.
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