Why Only a Visa Debit Card?

[NoshowJones]

I was trying to book a hotel in the UK through Agoda but they only accept Visa debit or credit cards. Why can that be? I have three debit cards. all Mastercards.

Anyone know why? Anyone else have this problem?

No point in going to booking.com when you reply to them, the answer comes back saying that the email address does not exist.

[Upnotover]

Strange.  I booked a hotel on Agoda, in Thailand, yesterday and used a UK based MasterCard debit card.

[AreYouGerman]

 

AGODA only accepts credit card (Visa, Master Card, AMEX, JCB and Carte Bleue) and PayPal.

 

https://www.agoda.com/info/how-do-i-pay-for-my-booking.html?cid=1844104

 

[george]

Agoda accepts both Credit and Debit cards

[PoorSucker]

Maybe it is becase of your username...🤣

[Georgealbert]

Try this and see if it helps

 

“For online payments, you can pay with a debit card, credit card or via PayPal. Agoda accepts five payment processing networks: Visa, MasterCard, American Express, JCB and Carte Bleue.”

 

https://trvlguides.com/articles/how-to-pay-on-agoda-card

[The Fugitive]

1 hour ago, Upnotover said:

Strange.  I booked a hotel on Agoda, in Thailand, yesterday and used a UK based MasterCard debit card.

Same with me. Accepted U.K. debit card Mastercard.

[NoshowJones]

1 hour ago, Upnotover said:

Strange.  I booked a hotel on Agoda, in Thailand, yesterday and used a UK based MasterCard debit card.

When I try to put my UK Mastercard no in it just says put in Visa. It wont accept anything else.

[NoshowJones]

1 hour ago, george said:

Agoda accepts both Credit and Debit cards

Thanks George but I can assure you it only accepts Visa.

[Chivas]

1 hour ago, NoshowJones said:

Thanks George but I can assure you it only accepts Visa.

 

I've just done a dummy transaction up to the point of paying and its allowing the input of the same Mastercard that I've used previously

[Bill97]

2 hours ago, NoshowJones said:

Thanks George but I can assure you it only accepts Visa.

Oh bs, I just booked with my master card.

[Gottfrid]

5 hours ago, NoshowJones said:

I was trying to book a hotel in the UK through Agoda but they only accept Visa debit or credit cards. Why can that be? I have three debit cards. all Mastercards.

Anyone know why? Anyone else have this problem?

No point in going to booking.com when you reply to them, the answer comes back saying that the email address does not exist.

No, not a clue, I have been doing it for years with no problem. Maybe it's personal.

[JayClay]

Are you sure that you're definitely using the official Agoda website and not some scammy replica that is just trying to farm your card details?

[rwill]

A lot of Thai bank debit cards are blocked for international payments by default nowadays.  You have to go into the bank app and change it.

Could that be the problem?

[sometimewoodworker]

11 hours ago, NoshowJones said:

Thanks George but I can assure you it only accepts Visa.

I only have U.K. master cards, I use Agoda. My cards are accepted.

[wombat]

Don't feed the troll

[NoshowJones]

1 hour ago, JayClay said:

Are you sure that you're definitely using the official Agoda website and not some scammy replica that is just trying to farm your card details?

Yes I am sure as I finally got it.

[TigerandDog]

13 hours ago, NoshowJones said:

Thanks George but I can assure you it only accepts Visa.

 

[NoshowJones]

13 hours ago, The Fugitive said:

Same with me. Accepted U.K. debit card Mastercard.

I wrote a long answer to you and it just disappeared of my screen. Sorry.

[Red Forever]

I had a similar problem a coupla months back when booking domestic flights with my MasterCard debit card. When it came to payment I got "We were unable to process payment".

I asked my granddaughter in UK to make the same booking with her credit card and it sailed through.

Recently I booked further domestic flights with my MasterCard debit card on the same booking site. This time it was successful.

The site begins with O and ends in o.

Whatever the glitch was it seems to be fixed

 

[jimn]

17 hours ago, NoshowJones said:

I was trying to book a hotel in the UK through Agoda but they only accept Visa debit or credit cards. Why can that be? I have three debit cards. all Mastercards.

Anyone know why? Anyone else have this problem?

No point in going to booking.com when you reply to them, the answer comes back saying that the email address does not exist.

You are obviously doing something wrong. Alternatively they are worried you won't show up.

[Lacessit]

Visa is more popular than Mastercard, market share is 48% vs 36%. Acceptance also varies by country. In the UK, Mastercard comes in third behind Visa and PayPal.

[NoshowJones]

1 hour ago, jimn said:

You are obviously doing something wrong. Alternatively they are worried you won't show up.

I changed it over to Booking.com

[Bill97]

9 minutes ago, NoshowJones said:

I changed it over to Booking.com

Oh good they are the best at ripping you off!

[Satcommlee]

I also used mastercard recently on agoda, maybe it was a card network issue.

 

[oldestswinger]

5 hours ago, NoshowJones said:

I changed it over to Booking.com

Which, of course, is the parent company of Agoda.

[billd766]

On 4/12/2024 at 5:14 PM, george said:

Agoda accepts both Credit and Debit cards

But can you book a hotel in the UK using a Thai credit/debit card?

 

[george]

2 minutes ago, billd766 said:

But can you book a hotel in the UK using a Thai credit/debit card?

 

 

Yes, you can.

[billd766]

54 minutes ago, george said:

 

Yes, you can.

Thank you.

 

I haven't been to the UK in 20 years,

 

I dumped all my UK bank accounts and credit/debit cards years ago.

[NoshowJones]

On 4/12/2024 at 6:34 PM, NoshowJones said:

Thanks George but I can assure you it only accepts Visa.

I have just found out that it is the hotel who only accepts Visa.