JCB card acceptance in Vancouver

In article ,
(Mel3k) wrote:

Hey everyone,
I'm planning a trip to Vancouver, BC this coming March 2005 and I'd
like to know how widely accepted JCB (Japan Credit Bureau) cards are
around Vancouver. I did call my issuing bank and they did say that
stores do accept JCB in Vancouver but I could not get a clear answer
as to which stores do accept it.

I would have to say not very many, unless you are going to
establishments patroned by japanese clientale. The preferred order is
usually Visa or MC (one more than the other for fraud reasons - don't
remember which), then comes American Express, Diners Club and Carte
Blanche. The U.S. card Discover is hardly accepted here (if at all).

In article ,
(Mel3k) wrote:

Hey everyone,
I'm planning a trip to Vancouver, BC this coming March 2005 and I'd
like to know how widely accepted JCB (Japan Credit Bureau) cards are
around Vancouver. I did call my issuing bank and they did say that
stores do accept JCB in Vancouver but I could not get a clear answer
as to which stores do accept it.

I would have to say not very many, unless you are going to
establishments patroned by japanese clientale. The preferred order is
usually Visa or MC (one more than the other for fraud reasons - don't
remember which), then comes American Express, Diners Club and Carte
Blanche. The U.S. card Discover is hardly accepted here (if at all).

"Not the Karl Orff" wrote in message
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In article ,
(Mel3k) wrote:

Hey everyone,
I'm planning a trip to Vancouver, BC this coming March 2005 and I'd
like to know how widely accepted JCB (Japan Credit Bureau) cards are
around Vancouver. I did call my issuing bank and they did say that
stores do accept JCB in Vancouver but I could not get a clear answer
as to which stores do accept it.

I would have to say not very many, unless you are going to
establishments patroned by japanese clientale.

That would be about 90% of the establishments in Vancouver. I don't have
numbers, but I would say that Japanese constitutes the bulk of tourism in
Vancouver.


The preferred order is
usually Visa or MC (one more than the other for fraud reasons - don't
remember which), then comes American Express, Diners Club and Carte
Blanche. The U.S. card Discover is hardly accepted here (if at all).

"Not the Karl Orff" wrote in message
...
In article ,
(Mel3k) wrote:

Hey everyone,
I'm planning a trip to Vancouver, BC this coming March 2005 and I'd
like to know how widely accepted JCB (Japan Credit Bureau) cards are
around Vancouver. I did call my issuing bank and they did say that
stores do accept JCB in Vancouver but I could not get a clear answer
as to which stores do accept it.

I would have to say not very many, unless you are going to
establishments patroned by japanese clientale.

That would be about 90% of the establishments in Vancouver. I don't have
numbers, but I would say that Japanese constitutes the bulk of tourism in
Vancouver.


The preferred order is
usually Visa or MC (one more than the other for fraud reasons - don't
remember which), then comes American Express, Diners Club and Carte
Blanche. The U.S. card Discover is hardly accepted here (if at all).

PeterL wrote:

That would be about 90% of the establishments in Vancouver. I don't have
numbers, but I would say that Japanese constitutes the bulk of tourism in
Vancouver.

Sorry, not even close. The vast majority of visitors to Vancouver are from
other parts of Canada (55%). Americans are in second place (31%).
Japan is a distant third, comprising only 2% of overnight visitors to the
region, which is actually down from the 3% share Japan had on average
from 1994-2003.

In fact, so far this year, there have been four times as many visitors
from Washington state alone than there have been from Japan.

http://tinyurl.com/3m8ye

PeterL wrote:

That would be about 90% of the establishments in Vancouver. I don't have
numbers, but I would say that Japanese constitutes the bulk of tourism in
Vancouver.

Sorry, not even close. The vast majority of visitors to Vancouver are from
other parts of Canada (55%). Americans are in second place (31%).
Japan is a distant third, comprising only 2% of overnight visitors to the
region, which is actually down from the 3% share Japan had on average
from 1994-2003.

In fact, so far this year, there have been four times as many visitors
from Washington state alone than there have been from Japan.

http://tinyurl.com/3m8ye

Not the Karl Orff wrote:
The preferred order is usually Visa or MC (one more than the other for
fraud reasons - don't remember which),

I have found exactly two places that accept Visa but not MC, one was a
cafe-restaurant on Hastings Street, and the other is my dentist. There
are probably more, but after 20 years of living here I haven't found any.

The U.S. card Discover is hardly accepted here (if at all).

There are at least one or two tourist-oriented shops in Gastown that
accept it.

Not the Karl Orff wrote:
The preferred order is usually Visa or MC (one more than the other for
fraud reasons - don't remember which),

I have found exactly two places that accept Visa but not MC, one was a
cafe-restaurant on Hastings Street, and the other is my dentist. There
are probably more, but after 20 years of living here I haven't found any.

The U.S. card Discover is hardly accepted here (if at all).

There are at least one or two tourist-oriented shops in Gastown that
accept it.

Retailers that accept American Express should be able to take JCB cards as
well. Amex has a partnership with JCB and they take each other's numbers.
The retailer might not display a JCB logo or even know about the Amex
partnership but it does exist. Try contacting Amex to confirm this.

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Retailers that accept American Express should be able to take JCB cards as
well. Amex has a partnership with JCB and they take each other's numbers.
The retailer might not display a JCB logo or even know about the Amex
partnership but it does exist. Try contacting Amex to confirm this.

Clint
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