How are German umlauts handled in address

[chloesoe]

My address is from Switzerland and has an umlaut (ä) in it.

According to the reccomondations, no special characters are allowed for the credit card transaction. Is an umlaut a special character? How should I write down my address? Replace the umlaut with "a" or with "ae"?

And further, why are not all UTF characters allowed in addresses?

[cellphoneuser1]

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@chloesoe wrote:

My address is from Switzerland and has an umlaut (ä) in it.

According to the reccomondations, no special characters are allowed for the credit card transaction. Is an umlaut a special character? How should I write down my address? Replace the umlaut with "a" or with "ae"?

And further, why are not all UTF characters allowed in addresses?

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There's no need for to accept these characters because Canadian credit cards can't have a billing addresss with those types. Public Mobile won't accept a card from Switzerland. You can use recharge.com or buy Public Mobile vouchers from a store in Canada.

[Dunkman · Accepted solution]

@chloesoe 

Your credit card must be based in Canada and USA.  PM does not accept credit cards from Europe or other foreign countries.