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Credit card - Official situation in Myanmar
The US embargo forbids US dollars to come
in Burma, so Visa and any credit card that will be used for
USD payment are not authorized by US government to work in
Myanmar (since August 2003).
Recently, in October 2006, the US Government has even increase the pressure on Myanmar and it is almost impossible to transfer fund in the country and it is impossible to operate credit card in Myanmar.
Ananda Travel has suspended in credit card payment for its customers has until today (12-january-2008), there is no legal and acceptable solution for a payment by credit card in Myanmar.
Credit card - Pratical situation - what
you can do - How to use your credit card
It is sometimes
possible to use a credit card in Myanmar but the general
rule is that you can not use it. If you want to use
your credit card (in some specific place
only) you have to accept a not very regular procedure.
We strongly advice you to calculate your budget with cash
or paiement to your travel agent. Use the credit card operation
for emergeny (whenever it is possible) or for last minute
gift in Yangon.
Somes hotels and somes shop (a few) accept to take a manual
print of your credit card with the amount in Thaï or
Singapore currency (which it is not autorized by Visa). They
will send the print abroad and get the fund.
This is working, it is not very regular and it will cost you
4 to 5 %.
Airlines
Whatever the company and the solution you propose, they do
not accept credit card.
Hotels
Pansea, Summit, Tharabar gate and other main hotels accept
your visa card. Jewellery shop, hotels shop (Pansea, Park
Royal..) are also accepting the Visa credit card via the above
procedure.
Currently it is working, until when ????
If you do not want to carry to much cash, work with your local
travel agent or with Ananda Travel Yangon (we have official
travel agency bank account).
Cash withdraw - ATM
We remind you that it is totally impossible to withdraw cash in Myanmar with a credit card, that there is no ATM, that you can not transfert funds in a local bank to get cash, and that you can not use travellers cheques in Myanmar.
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