teck21 wrote:Debit cards usually face issues for things like car rentals though, but as others have pointed out, no issues for hotel or flight reservations.
I think you can sometimes have a problem where the retailer needs to block an amount of funds on your card. So I can see why that might be a problem with car hire, say in case you returned it with an empty tank, or incurred a speeding violation that only showed up a few days later.
I didn't say I've had 'no issues' relying on debit cards. Once recently I was unable to book flights online via a small charter airline in Europe, it must have recognised it as a debit not credit card.
And secondly a hotel in Cebu. I booked it online on my debit card, but at check in they wanted a credit card to block a section of funds against things charged to the room. (Strange, as the Fullerton did not have this same request with my debit card booking!).
The three flights I mentioned though, were all booked online with the debit card, without any problems.