Anyoone tried using YouTrip?

[darkmatt]

please dun pay in sgd when you are in Japan. You don't want to be trapped by the store's exchange rate and DCC.

some shops don't give u the choice. they will auto press for u..

 

[TonyDelPiero]

some shops don't give u the choice. they will auto press for u..

Nope. they do. by Japanese standard, they will use new cc terminal machines whereby you insert it yourself. It is what I see last year. based on the Japanese customer services standard, they will ask you first before they peoceed

When I was there (in Japan) in 2016 and 2017, that arrangement was not there.

Again, all transactions I had are in JPY in all the years I went to Japan.

 

[richard_lim]

Yes, I had 2 refunds from airlines. Also from aliexpress.

Hi Tiger9119,
Can I check with you on AliExpress?
Everything I try to set up the YouTrip card as a payment method, it fails.
However it does allow me to manually key in the card details for each payment/order but that gets old pretty fast.
Did you manage to add the Youtrip card to your list of cards with AliExpress?

 

[Tiger9119]

Hi Tiger9119,
Can I check with you on AliExpress?
Everything I try to set up the YouTrip card as a payment method, it fails.
However it does allow me to manually key in the card details for each payment/order but that gets old pretty fast.
Did you manage to add the Youtrip card to your list of cards with AliExpress?

I do not add the card to AliExpress or any other website, I enter manually the card number every time I make a purchase.

 

[richard_lim]

I do not add the card to AliExpress or any other website, I enter manually the card number every time I make a purchase.

OK, I just figured out how to add YouTrip card to AliExpress:
You have to add the card on the web (PC version).
Then it sticks.
You can ask to add it in the Android app but it forgets the next time.
Come to think of it, I have always added credit cards to AliExpress on the PC, not the app - maybe the app forgets all credit cards, not just YouTrip!

Perhaps someone will try & let me know....

 

[stanleyluilai]

I heard not easy to use. Agree? Share your stories guys.

 

[juxtaposition]

I use like water for my 2 trips in xmas n cny

I also withdraw the max 100k at 7-11 atm

No issues

I heard not easy to use. Agree? Share your stories guys.

 

[Some-one]

I heard not easy to use. Agree? Share your stories guys.

No stories to share coz it's a breeze for me both in Japan and Singapore.

 

[saffronsatire]

is youtrip's fx even better than rates at arcade for jpy?

i used recently for thb, didn't seem better than arcade rates but maybe not a fair comparison as the txn were a few days apart. i only got 22.3x for thb and 22.4x at arcade. asked in the youtrip thread and apparently the rate is considered reasonable for youtrip.

 

[juxtaposition]

For yen on YT, u can lock it in when the rate is good eg >80

is youtrip's fx even better than rates at arcade for jpy?

i used recently for thb, didn't seem better than arcade rates but maybe not a fair comparison as the txn were a few days apart. i only got 22.3x for thb and 22.4x at arcade. asked in the youtrip thread and apparently the rate is considered reasonable for youtrip.

 

[Hinana]

I heard not easy to use. Agree? Share your stories guys.

Not sure what you heard exactly.

I had no issue at all. Used in Dec

 

[bigdog]

I used it in Iceland and Japan. Very good rates!

 

[beanstalk6]

I use the remaining value in my YouTrip account in Singapore. It can be used as an EZLink card as well as a Mastercard. It is ok not to be able to withdraw the amount. In the first place, there is no need to deposit too much in the account.

 

[dimitri_can]

I used it to pay for my overseas university school fees. So far so good.

 

[tractor13]

Ya same! Love it

I use the remaining value in my YouTrip account in Singapore. It can be used as an EZLink card as well as a Mastercard. It is ok not to be able to withdraw the amount. In the first place, there is no need to deposit too much in the account.

Ya same

 

[tractor13]

OK, I just figured out how to add YouTrip card to AliExpress:
You have to add the card on the web (PC version).
Then it sticks.
You can ask to add it in the Android app but it forgets the next time.
Come to think of it, I have always added credit cards to AliExpress on the PC, not the app - maybe the app forgets all credit cards, not just YouTrip!

Perhaps someone will try & let me know....

Yup same! Realise Youtrip quite effective for online shopping too

 

[xSupremex]

Bump this thread as Japan reopen, I believe you trip would be an ideal topic again

 

[kennysme]

Ask you all...if top up overseas do they need you to verify via 6 digit code thru sms?

 

[g_t2006]

Ask you all...if top up overseas do they need you to verify via 6 digit code thru sms?

sometimes yes, sometimes no. can opt for email verification also if you have wifi/data.

 

[galliano]

Been using Youtrip almost everywhere in Tokyo Osaka these past 2 days.
Oddly amount deducted .. but status of each transaction still shows "pending".

But at least all my purchases were never rejected once.