[JCBreckenridge]

“And going pure cash is simply not practical any more. It’s doable, but I have an acquaintence that has no debt and does everything via cash or checks and has for decades. He can’t get airline tickets. He can’t rent a car. He can go as far as he can drive his car.”

I do everything via cash. I have no debt. I’ve bought bus tickets, rented a car, airline tickets, etc. I’ve got my rent payments set up so that all I have to do is go to the bank and transfer it from one account to another.

I also keep enough for random expenses in one account that is accessable via the debit card. I don’t keep everything in that one account. At most I might be out 100 bucks - it’s just not worth their time.

[cuban leaf]

I do everything via cash. I have no debt. I’ve bought bus tickets, rented a car, airline tickets, etc.

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It’s doable without a credit card, just difficult. We showed up to pick up our RESERVED rental car in LA once and all we had was a debit card. They would not let us have a car. We scrambled and found one rental car company at the airport that would let us have one. I believe some companies have changed the rules in the last five or six years to accomodate that, but I don’t know.