Can you use a Bangkok Bank Visa Debit Card to...

[angsta]

book flights on sites such as Expedia?

Many thanks in advance.

angsta::

[craigt3365]

I think your biggest problem will be the daily limit. I tried this a few years ago and the tickets were above my daily limit.

[angsta]

Hmmm ok, well we are only talking 12,000 baht so I need to go in and see them tomorrow anyway. See what they say.

[darrendsd]

Normal BB debit cards do not work online assuming that you don't mean a real debit card that you have to have funds in your account up to your debit card limit

Be1st cards do work online, I have used them to book flights and rooms

If you do not have a "real" debit card you need the B1st card if you want to book anything online

[angsta]

Normal BB debit cards do not work online assuming that you don't mean a real debit card that you have to have funds in your account up to your debit card limit

Be1st cards do work online, I have used them to book flights and rooms

If you do not have a "real" debit card you need the B1st card if you want to book anything online

BE 1st - Visa. I have a 3 digit code on the back.

Maybe 2 years old.

Electronic Use Only.

[Pib]

Just as FYI, the meaning of "Electronic Use Only."

http://budgeting.thenest.com/electronic-use-only-mean-debit-card-21773.html

For the vast majority of people in the vast majority of situations, a debit card marked with "Electronic Use Only" is going to behave just like any other debit card. The phrase serves as a reminder of a time when card transactions weren't simple or quick -- a time that card issuers would like to put behind them.

What It Means

The little machine you swipe your debit card through at the store has a name: a processing terminal. There's some high-tech hocus-pocus involved, but essentially, when you swipe your card, the terminal contacts whatever institution issued the card. The bank verifies the debit card is valid, checks that your account has money in it, and instantly authorizes the transaction. If your debit card says "Electronic Use Only," it means any transaction involving the card must receive this kind of on-the-spot authorization.

Why It's Needed

Perhaps surprisingly to those accustomed to swipe-and-go sales, not all debit and credit card transactions are subject to on-the-spot validation and authorization. When credit cards started to come in the mass use in the 1960s, there was no instant authorization. A merchant took down the information printed on the card and submitted the sale for payment as part of a batch of physical charge slips, often at the end of the day. That was common practice well into the '80s. Some merchants still handle their card transactions this way. Most modern merchants will only do it when they're forced to, such as when the processing terminals aren't working. They'll take the card information, make the sale, cross their fingers and hope that when they submit the charge later, it will be authorized. In other cases, such as when you use a card to buy drinks on a plane, an instant authorization is impossible because there is no Internet connection. In these situations, merchants are not supposed to accept "Electronic Use Only" cards, and the card issuer may deny payment.

[cassde]

I have used my B1st debit card to buy an airline ticket online, with no problem. Just have to show the card to check-in.

[NoshowJones]

Normal BB debit cards do not work online assuming that you don't mean a real debit card that you have to have funds in your account up to your debit card limit

Be1st cards do work online, I have used them to book flights and rooms

If you do not have a "real" debit card you need the B1st card if you want to book anything online

I have booked a hotel in the UK with a B1st debit card, no problem.