In April I drove to Kansas City, MO. The car was running low on fuel so I stopped at the first gas station (don't remember the name) I came across in MI. I inserted my credit card with chip into the fuel pump and it would not recognize the card. I went inside the small store and the clerk told me that their pumps were not equipped to handle credit cards with chip. In order to get gas I either had to pay up front for a specific dollar amount or if I wanted to fill the tank not knowing what the amount would be, I would have to leave my driver's license with her, she would turn on the pump so I could fill the tank and then go back inside and pay with my credit card inside where the credit card machine was capable of handling a chip card. The car needed fuel so that's what I had to do.
I also came across gas pumps that required me to enter my zip code. I am from Canada...we don't have zip codes...we use Postal Codes which are in the format A1A1A1....so there is no way to enter that into the pump. Good thing I had called my credit card company before I left Canada to tell them that I was going on a trip to the USA. They warned me that I might come across fuel pumps requiring a zip code and told me to enter 00 and then the 3 numeric digits from my postal code. Fortunately this fake zip code worked.
Gary
I also came across gas pumps that required me to enter my zip code. I am from Canada...we don't have zip codes...we use Postal Codes which are in the format A1A1A1....so there is no way to enter that into the pump. Good thing I had called my credit card company before I left Canada to tell them that I was going on a trip to the USA. They warned me that I might come across fuel pumps requiring a zip code and told me to enter 00 and then the 3 numeric digits from my postal code. Fortunately this fake zip code worked.
Gary