I want to pay for a Laos E-Visa online, but the only card I have is a Bangkok Bank Be 1st with UnionPay.

 

Had to go to the bank today, so I asked if I could use it, but sadly today no English speaker but the drift I got was "No".

I booked a hotel in Laos with it as a deposit with no probs, so a bit confused.

 

Can someone advise, please....

 

Have you tried it?

You should have gotten the Bangkok Bank ,Mastercard , the UnionPay is a Chinese card ,

and not as widely accepted, maybe change cards.

 

regards worgeordie

27 minutes ago, FritsSikkink said:

Have you tried it?

No, the E-visa application info has nothing on payment, I must go through the application thing till the end to pay, I don't want to apply just yet, just wanted to see if this card will work via one of you that has used it outside of LOS, in Laos.......☺️

Invite your buddy over, the one with a lot of credit cards.  Feed him a beer while you complete the application and if your card does not work use one of his.

On 2/9/2023 at 11:36 AM, worgeordie said:

You should have gotten the Bangkok Bank ,Mastercard , the UnionPay is a Chinese card ,

and not as widely accepted, maybe change cards.

 

regards worgeordie

+1

 

Yep you can ask your Branch to get rid of the UnionPay one and get the Mastercard version. I still have no idea why they changed it to UnionPay but my guess ????

 

https://www.bangkokbank.com/en/Personal/Cards/Be1st-Smart-Card/Be1st-Smart-TPN-Mastercard