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Re: [81attendees] Exchanging money or using USD ?

"JOHNSON, ALASTAIR (ALASTAIR)" <alastair.johnson@alcatel-lucent.com> Fri, 22 July 2011 22:06 UTC

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From: "JOHNSON, ALASTAIR (ALASTAIR)" <alastair.johnson@alcatel-lucent.com>
To: "John R. Levine" <johnl@iecc.com>, Sarah Banks <sabanks@cisco.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2011 06:06:05 +0800
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Add Chase for several of their cards, and Amex (Platinum/Centurion) to the forex-free list. I believe Ally, HSBC Premier, and CitiGold (maybe - outside of the US they don't, but not sure about in the US) also don't charge for ATM withdrawals... so there's quite a few options for frequent travelers.




> -----Original Message-----
> From: 81attendees-bounces@ietf.org [mailto:81attendees-bounces@ietf.org]
> On Behalf Of John R. Levine
> Sent: Friday, July 22, 2011 3:01 PM
> To: Sarah Banks
> Cc: 81attendees@ietf.org
> Subject: Re: [81attendees] Exchanging money or using USD ?
> 
> > In any event, I find it cheaper to pull cash, rather than charge my Visa
> > provided your bank is charging you those pesky "currency conversion
> fees" at 4%.
> 
> Depends on your credit card.  Among US banks, Capital One is the only
> major one not to charge an international nuisance fee.  HSBC doesn't
> charge their premier customers, some credit unions and other high end
> cards don't charge.  The only way to be sure is to look at the small print
> in your bill or call them and ask.
> 
> Regards,
> John Levine, johnl@iecc.com, Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for
> Dummies",
> Please consider the environment before reading this e-mail. http://jl.ly
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