Are you sure the difference isn't reloadable vs non-reloadable?
When I talked to cust service at vanilla, they told me the gift cards would not work on foreign transactions but the reloadable ones registered with your SSN would. Now,...if/how they check your SSN I do not know...maybe you can make it up.
These are rules from the "Know Your Customer" (KYC) section of the "Patriot Act"
Originally Posted by GlobeSpotter
I have never used the re-loadable type... I have always used the fixed amount "gift cards".
Now before trying to use them, you have to go online and register them, and the only question that they ask when doing that is your zip code.
Now about one and a half years ago, for some reason, the Vanilla
VISA cards stopped working for Adult oriented sites.
So I have been using the Vanilla
MasterCard every since.... it is what I used a couple months ago to extend my PA.
Now can I guarantee that it will work for you... no, all I can do is relate what has and has not worked from my own experience.
For all I know, they forgot to add MasterCard to the NO FLY list... we are talking about the government, and we all know how organized they can be.