Interesting. In EU, I never saw a business accepting only Visa but not MC or vice versa.
The only two semi-exceptions:
- during a MC-sponsored event, you had extra fast lanes when paying with MC (Roland Garros in Paris)
- Ryanair (low-cost airline) would accept free payments only with some niche cards (Visa Electron, Mastercard prepaid) and charge like 10€ extra per flight segment for any other card, until I think EU forbid it.
The only two semi-exceptions:
- during a MC-sponsored event, you had extra fast lanes when paying with MC (Roland Garros in Paris)
- Ryanair (low-cost airline) would accept free payments only with some niche cards (Visa Electron, Mastercard prepaid) and charge like 10€ extra per flight segment for any other card, until I think EU forbid it.