I just got back from a long US roadtrip (about 8k miles) during which I tried to use Revolut as my main payment option for gas. Didn't really work very well... The Revolut card didn't work at between 1/3 and 1/2 of gas pumps--either the pump's "security" features blocked the card or Revolut itself didn't allow the transaction. Plus every time I filled up, a deposit of $100 or $80 would be taken from my card, with whatever was not used for fuel refunded sooner or later (usually within an hour, but once it took five days and once it took two days).
By the end of the trip, I had a few hundred bucks on the card that I wanted to use for gas, so if the card didn't work at the pump I would go inside to use it...while the card was not rejected during the few times I went inside to pay, it is not very convenient.
Not sure if things will work like this overseas, but if so I'll be looking for a different solution.
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