a number of foreign hotel booking services began accepting payments with Russian cards – Kommersant

At least three foreign services for booking hotels and buying air tickets have resumed accepting Visa and Mastercard issued by Russian banks. “News”. In particular, in 2023, Chinese Trip.com launched paying for tours using Russian cards. Payments there are also accepted by Mir and UnionPay cards. Also, Russian cards are accepted by the American site Expedia, where you can pay for the tour using Visa and Mastercard, and the portal City.Travel registered in the UAE, which works with any cards, the company’s call center said.

In March 2022, the international payment systems Visa and MasterCard suspended their work in the Russian Federation. Against this background, the Russians increased demand to UnionPay cards. By data “Izvestia” at the beginning of May, only seven Russian banks issue UnionPay cards that work abroad. Turkish hotels also accepted Mir cards, although the United States threatened sanctions for this. Because of this, banks refused to serve cards Sri Lankaseveral banks Turkey And Kyrgyzstan.

Laura Keffer