> didn't support chip-and-PIN or contactless payments.

As opposed to... swiping the card?

Are there really cards out there that exclusively support that?

ninalanyon 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Very few Norwegian issued cards, if any, have a magnetic strip. It's too easily cloned.

	▲	LadyCailin 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Both my DNB and Nordea cards, as well as my personal and corporate Norwegian AMEX cards all have magnetic strip, and they’ve all been issued somewhat recently.

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jltsiren 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Chip and signature, which often means just the chip without further authentication.

EMV has multiple options. Many countries (including the US) chose the signature option for credit cards for convenience and use PINs only with debit cards. Before contactless payment apps became common, that was a major source of friction when using American credit cards in Europe.

	▲	Aloha 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I'd argue we picked it for legacy reasons - Americans are not used to the chip/pin concept, and adopted EMV very late because of a variety of legacy reasons (massive installed base of mag stripe equipment, and systems to deal with the inherent slightly higher fraud).

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SoftTalker 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

If this story was more than a few years ago it's plausible that the card didn't have a chip. I still have a VISA debit card without a chip, and it was issued only two years ago.

Also chip-and-pin is mostly not enabled with American credit cards or card payment terminals

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rvba 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Prepaid gift cards (please note: those are not store issued) dont have chips and it is sometimes a problem to use them. But I doubt someone would buy a plane ticket with them.

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zahlman 6 hours ago | parent [-]

A gift card isn't a credit card, though... ?

	▲	CaliforniaKarl 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		You are likely thinking of branded gift cards that are specific to one store (or one grouping of stores). An Apple or Target gift card, for example. There are also gift cards that are credit cards. Or, really, debit cards. See “open-loop cards” at https://www.bitsaboutmoney.com/archive/more-than-you-want-to...