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Thanks to all who answered the survey. Very few of the respondents use Google Pay. The majority use a credit card. Few answered regarding safety issues. I went to our bank, Banorte, and they were not very familiar with Google Pay in terms of the questions I presented in the survey. They are more interested in signing us up for mobile banking. The customer service rep said he would help me with the app if I was interested. I said I'd get back to him.
After, I called our bank in San Antonio. They switched me to the online banking and fraud department. They have had no issues with SSFCU cardholders and Google Pay. However, he said, I will most likely encounter card blockages from the bank should I choose to insert a SIM card from the U.K. We have done that in both Italy and Spain because it's cheaper and you get more data for much less than our Telcel travel plan.
The latest technology is the eSIM. It is downloaded without installing a new physical chip. All the information is downloaded via the app or a QR code. The issue is the IP address. If our bank doesn't recognize the IP as it does in Mexico, it could cause the card to be blocked.
Where are we now with this? We will use a debit card and make small transactions to the card as needed. We've yet to have any issues, but just for safety, it won't hurt and costs us nothing but a few minutes with online banking.
As for the trip, the flight we will be taking via Atlanta has been on time every day since the Iran issue started. We have a couple of family commitments to take care of that we hadn't really planned on. Juan's brother hurt his foot in an accident and had part of his leg amputated. We will visit him today. We have been inviting one family at a time to come for lunch or to spend the day over the last year. There are just so many in the family it is hard to fit them all in one space. We did not know Monday was a holiday (Benito Juarez) Family is coming on Sunday. We planned Sunday with the idea that they would leave earlier, as that leaves us Monday to tie up loose ends. Well, with the holiday, we don't know what will happen. Mexican culture is much different. People may show up and just decide to spend the night. Yikes!
