[LCA2019 Chat] [Brian May] Bus from airport

[Steven Ellis]

In addition a lot of places who do take PayWave don't take Apple/Google
payment.

On Mon, 14 Jan 2019 at 11:19, Eion Robb <eion at robbmob.com> wrote:

> As a Kiwi, can confirm.  Credit cards can be optional depending on where
> you go, but it's normally a smaller store (like a corner store/dairy) that
> won't support credit cards.  90% of places that support credit card will
> only support Visa and Mastercard.
>
> In addition to that, a shop can accept credit cards, but not have paywave,
> so wont work with NFC payment solutions such as Google/Apple Pay - only
> magstrip/chip cards
>
> On Mon, 14 Jan 2019 at 11:11, Andrew Donnellan <andrew at donnellan.id.au>
> wrote:
>
>> On Mon., 14 Jan. 2019, 02:50 Uday <saiudayshankar at gmail.com wrote:
>>
>>> I am a village idiot and survived Tassie trecks with Google pay. As long
>>> as EFT POS are available, I think I should do fine.
>>>
>>
>> Note for Aussies who haven't been to NZ before: having "EFTPOS", in New
>> Zealand, can mean strictly the local New Zealand EFTPOS interbank network.
>> It does not imply acceptance of at least Visa and MasterCard credit cards
>> in addition to an EFTPOS bank card as "EFTPOS" does in Australia.
>>
>> The vast majority of places that tourists will care about accept
>> Visa/MasterCard these days, but you will still *occasionally* run into a
>> store that has an EFTPOS terminal at the register but doesn't take credit
>> cards, so be aware of that before you try to buy something and have no way
>> to pay. Having a little bit of cash doesn't hurt.
>>
>> (Kiwis feel free to correct me here, but I was in CHC two months ago and
>> still ran into one shop that didn't take credit card...)
>>
>>
>> Andrew
>>
>>
>>> Looking forward for LCA and getting to meet awesome crowd.
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>> Uday
>>>
>>> On Sun., 13 Jan. 2019, 4:52 pm Ross Drummond <ross at drummond.co.nz wrote:
>>>
>>>> My NZ bank card works in AU so I cant see why the reverse does not
>>>> apply to the NZ ATM's atirport.
>>>>
>>>> Here is a quick equivalence guide for AU --> NZ banks
>>>>
>>>> Westpac and ANZ are the same on both sides of the ditch.
>>>>
>>>> NAB = Bank of New Zealand(BNZ)
>>>>
>>>> Commonwealth Bank = ASB
>>>>
>>>> On 13.01.2019 02:24, Brian May wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Lets see if this works from my Debian email address...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> Thinking of getting a bus from the airport. To me it looks like it is
>>>> not possible to purchase the Metrocard before arriving at the airport,
>>>> which means I will need to pay the driver in NZD.
>>>>
>>>> Which in turn means I should have NZD cash. However I only have AUD
>>>> cash. What is the best place to get NZD? Maybe ATM at Christchurch airport?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks?
>>>>
>>>>
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