April 26, 2006

By Peter Kenny

Take a Barclaycard credit card on holiday with you this year and you will be confident of it being accepted when you make a purchase while abroad.

Barclaycard have announced that they are starting a new service to help their credit card holders while on holiday. With this new service consumers tell Barclaycard where they are going and how long they will be there.

The aim is to stop rejections of customers at point of sales. This usually happens when an overseas transaction flags up a referral for Barclaycard to check that the credit card is not fraudulent. These steps can cause an significant inconvenience for the credit card holder.

Martin Warwick from Barclaycard said, “At Barclaycard we want to ensure that cardholders enjoy a hassle-free holiday"

"The service launched today will mean that if a cardholder informs us about their travel plans, we can instruct our systems to process transactions from the cardholder's travel destination."

Barclaycard have a number of services available for their credit card holders including emergency medical aid, legal assistance in many countries and emergency card replacement for lost or stolen.

Click here for more details on the Barclaycard Platinum credit card