Today I rang my bank to find out what the difference is between my Visa credit card and my Visa debit card. Ie. which one should I use in Thailand, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia?

My question was answered by a young sounding man who exclaimed that he too was going to those countries in early 2010. Oh wow, what a coincidence! So our conversation slowly turned from banking to everything else, he asked me what vaccinations I’d had. I told him. I asked him what plans they had.
Mid-way through his answer he broke into a spiel about what travel insurance the bank could offer me. I asked him confused, “I already told you I had travel insurance?“.
“Sorry!” he replied. “My supervisor just walked past… ok so after Thailand we’re skipping straight to Vietnam…” Haha, seriously, he had me laughing!

After 15 minutes of chatting and lengthening out the conversation as much as possible without either of us getting in trouble from our bosses, he asked for my account access number, no idea why? He didn’t need to know anything within my account. Bank-stalker-tactics!! Now he has my name, address, phone number and financial history!

So anyway, he will be over in southeast Asia around the same time as me, with six other male friends. Let’s hope we bang into them… I mean in case I need some banking advice or similar.

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