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Yeah just flash any card or phone it looks like https://www.batimes.com.ar/news/argentina/buenos-aires-city-government-expands-payment-options-for-subte-metro-service.phtml Older article describing the plans...

Was about to post this. Great news. Starting Monday.

A crapshoot indeed — two days later the same original purchase went through just fine

Thanks. As it turns out, the same MC Debit card and info did work with a subsequent purchase at another website. So perhaps something about the nature of the purchase (a jazz ticket at Passline) was the issue. For identification, I chose ID Otro (other) and put in my passport number with...

Please give room for someone with useful insights. There are options like Otro for ID numbers. Credit card payments AFAIK are not intended to be restricted to nationals. I'm asking who's recently been able to pay with credit cards on Mercado Pago hosted check out, and how.

No, I did not. I went on to talk about credit card payments hosted by Mercado Pago. This used to work for me. Just like my credit cards mostly work with physical in-store Mercado Pago handheld terminals.

As a foreigner, it's impossible to open a Mercado Pago account as they want you to scan your Argentine ID card. However Mercado Pago is also the payment provider for online credit card payments. I have tried all my cards: - Mastercard credit - Mastercard debit - VISA credit - VISA debit ...

I speak enough, badly, to communicate my wishes at restaurants and shops. I hardly understand anything yet because of speed and my limited vocabulary. It hasn't created too many problems for me.

Strangely, that’s how I read prices with todays blue dollar rate

Isn't dollarization a complete fantasy as there's not enough dollars in reserve to support the Argentine economy?