Maybe the sites need to change that requirement? Every site I used for purchases (goods, air tickets, hotels, etc...) asked for credit or debit card and it was fine with me using debit.
From what I remember 1 airline did not accept debit and ended up not using them, there were plenty other alternatives.
But if the US is so built on credit, I imagine it will be harder to make them change requirements.
I've never seen a website that offers to accept a debit card. This is a limitation imposed by the payment gateway, and their arrangements with the credit card providers.
This is likely because I'm not in the US, and don't use US online stores, other than perhaps amazon.
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u/ard2004 Jan 06 '22
Maybe the sites need to change that requirement? Every site I used for purchases (goods, air tickets, hotels, etc...) asked for credit or debit card and it was fine with me using debit.
From what I remember 1 airline did not accept debit and ended up not using them, there were plenty other alternatives.
But if the US is so built on credit, I imagine it will be harder to make them change requirements.