In Reply to: Never ever happened to me posted by bonez on Monday, 28. July 2014 at 18:55 Bali Time:
I always notify my bank.. Yet every single trip at least once my card is blocked by them. Sometimes more than once.
My wife is in Jakarta at the moment. We called the bank - told them where and when she was going, first time she tries to use her card it gets blocked.
I now keep 2 spare current accounts so that I can transfer money across rather than having to phone the bank to get cards unblocked before I can access cash.
They tell me that advising them just leaves a note on the account. It doesn't prevent automated fraud detection flags.