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Hello all!
Many of us live, study, or travel to Israel and prefer using US credit cards.
I haven't seen a "master list" anywhere that outlines which stores, sites, government agencies/utilities, or companies decline US cards, so I thought it might be nice to start one.

I've only transitioned my spend to a US card this past week, so there are still plenty of unknowns.
Please reply to the thread and I'll update accordingly!

Here are my experiences thus far:

Declined US card
-BigDeal http://www.bigdeal.co.il (Groupon copycat) (attempted with Chase CSR Visa)
-Club Teva website (if you happen to be a Teva employee  :))) (attempted with Chase CSR Visa)
-Website getit.co.il; Barclays MC declined
-Clal Insurance
-most gas stations (ask them to pre-charge 400 or 500 shekels if you need a full tank on your car, and if you go under the amount the gas station will refund you.) even better if you know the guy well enough and he'll let you fill up without charging your card first.

Tentative
-AIG Insurance declined through call center (rep mentioned that they do not accept any foreign cards).  However, my card successfully registered through their online portal and will wait to see if it gets charged properly.
-Pizza Hut worked online with Amex; CSR was declined

Other
-Cellarix (Israeli social payment app/site).  It let me send money, but Chase categorized it as a cash advance (attempted with Chase Visa)
-Mika gas stations (only lets you fill up 30 shekels worth when paying at the pump, apparently paying inside gets this raised to 200) (attempted with Chase Visa)

golan and other phone companies now charge an additional 30 shekel per month for processing any foreign card.

also you dont have to put in a real 9 digit number 123456789 works fine or put in your 9 digit passport number instead of teudat zehut.
« Last edited by yman on January 09, 2019, 09:58:19 AM »

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Re: Master List: Israeli companies and sites that decline US cards
« Reply #180 on: October 16, 2018, 04:39:34 PM »
מי עדן.
 To many people cancelling thier CC or such instead of cancelling thru them.
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Re: Master List: Israeli companies and sites that decline US cards
« Reply #181 on: October 16, 2018, 04:58:19 PM »
The machines at the light rail stations take US cards.

They do and also the machines near the some popular bus stops do a well like there is a machine near Shmuel Hanavi/ Bar Ilan going up Bar Ilan that takes US CCs.

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Re: Master List: Israeli companies and sites that decline US cards
« Reply #182 on: October 16, 2018, 04:59:21 PM »
I noticed that the Nadavos machine ( the machines in the shul that you swipe to give money) starting having a Rav Kav reader and you can refill your Rav Kav there.  I assume they take US CC as well.

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Re: Master List: Israeli companies and sites that decline US cards
« Reply #183 on: October 16, 2018, 05:33:35 PM »
I noticed that the Nadavos machine ( the machines in the shul that you swipe to give money) starting having a Rav Kav reader and you can refill your Rav Kav there.  I assume they take US CC as well.
Will it post as "travel" category?

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Re: Master List: Israeli companies and sites that decline US cards
« Reply #184 on: October 16, 2018, 05:39:38 PM »
Good Q, maybe I ll try it out to see what it posts as.

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Re: Master List: Israeli companies and sites that decline US cards
« Reply #185 on: October 16, 2018, 06:43:02 PM »
Will it post as "travel" category?
My friend said the vizhnitz mikva (in sanhedria) coded as travel and he was using his CSR travel credit for it ;D

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Re: Master List: Israeli companies and sites that decline US cards
« Reply #186 on: October 17, 2018, 03:14:56 AM »
Will it post as "travel" category?
The light rail Rav kav refills do.
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Re: Master List: Israeli companies and sites that decline US cards
« Reply #187 on: October 17, 2018, 07:39:13 AM »
My friend said the vizhnitz mikva (in sanhedria) coded as travel and he was using his CSR travel credit for it ;D

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Re: Master List: Israeli companies and sites that decline US cards
« Reply #188 on: October 17, 2018, 07:55:46 AM »
I just paid with amex (online) .
What do you put in when they ask you for todat zehut?
and which one do you select רגיל או קרדיט?

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Re: Master List: Israeli companies and sites that decline US cards
« Reply #189 on: October 17, 2018, 07:58:21 AM »
What do you put in when they ask you for todat zehut?
and which one do you select רגיל או קרדיט?
Never used for this, but many times the number given to me by מכבי works. Doesn't link back to you, at least the cops couldn't get anything out of it.
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Re: Master List: Israeli companies and sites that decline US cards
« Reply #190 on: October 17, 2018, 05:06:11 PM »
What do you put in when they ask you for todat zehut?
and which one do you select רגיל או קרדיט?
Any real TZ number should work. Could be anybody's because the US card is not linked to any TZ number. You should NOT do קרדיט.

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Re: Master List: Israeli companies and sites that decline US cards
« Reply #191 on: October 17, 2018, 06:42:03 PM »
What do you put in when they ask you for todat zehut?
and which one do you select רגיל או קרדיט?
I always put in my passport number.


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Re: Master List: Israeli companies and sites that decline US cards
« Reply #192 on: October 18, 2018, 04:33:21 PM »
Cellcom and Clal Insurance don't do U.S. cards.
Machsanei Chasmal only does up to 1000 ILS.

Also Pizza Hut (via the app, at least) and Dominos Pizza no longer accept foreign cards. Dominos used to via Paypal in the app, but that's been removed. Oddly enough they rode on Dominos U.S.' Paypal, so it also used to qualify for Amex dining bonuses.
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Re: Master List: Israeli companies and sites that decline US cards
« Reply #193 on: October 18, 2018, 04:39:22 PM »
Can we also mention sites that insist on a real TZ? HotMobile recently has been a pain, and won't let you even give them your made up one.
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Re: Master List: Israeli companies and sites that decline US cards
« Reply #194 on: October 18, 2018, 05:33:12 PM »
Can we also mention sites that insist on a real TZ? HotMobile recently has been a pain, and won't let you even give them your made up one.

100000009 doesnt work?

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Re: Master List: Israeli companies and sites that decline US cards
« Reply #195 on: October 18, 2018, 05:36:35 PM »
100000009 doesnt work?
Nope. They are being real annoying about it. Best option you may have is to call up and pay for the plan online and then go to the store to pick up the sim, and they still refused for 5 minutes to use my number until I begged attempt to just put it into the system and see what happens. It works so he just assumed that it was good I guess. Took so much effort.
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Re: Master List: Israeli companies and sites that decline US cards
« Reply #196 on: October 18, 2018, 06:01:03 PM »
Cellcom and Clal Insurance don't do U.S. cards.
Machsanei Chasmal only does up to 1000 ILS.

Also Pizza Hut (via the app, at least) and Dominos Pizza no longer accept foreign cards. Dominos used to via Paypal in the app, but that's been removed. Oddly enough they rode on Dominos U.S.' Paypal, so it also used to qualify for Amex dining bonuses.
Pizza Hut works fine online with Amex.

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Re: Master List: Israeli companies and sites that decline US cards
« Reply #197 on: October 21, 2018, 06:24:24 AM »
Pizza Hut works fine online with Amex.

Good to know! Visa (CSR) did not.
Also, the site getit.co.il does not take foreign cards.

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Re: Master List: Israeli companies and sites that decline US cards
« Reply #198 on: October 22, 2018, 03:47:26 AM »
If we'd update the wiki the bad list would be much longer. I have been hitting so many roadblocks on foreign cards during the last few months that I gave up trying to keep track of who, what, where.
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Re: Master List: Israeli companies and sites that decline US cards
« Reply #199 on: October 23, 2018, 05:11:20 PM »
Any real TZ number should work. Could be anybody's because the US card is not linked to any TZ number. You should NOT do קרדיט.
tried a bunch of real  numbers but not linked with the card and it didn`t work but whats funny is that on a different account it worked (CSR) with fake TZ