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by greenmartian 441 days ago
> .. Australia could improve a lot but hotels will take a credit card scan

I've not had this done to me in Australia since late 90s early 00s. These days all it takes is a simple tap (or chip swipe) to put a temporary Hold[0] that's released on check-out (or next day).

[0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authorization_hold