Mark Lanctot;201875 Wrote: > Perhaps simbo was referring to the exchange rate itself - obviously they > never charge interbank rate, it seems to be interbank + 3.5%. I just assumed he was referring to the usual practice of most card companies to add a handling fee on top of the exchange rate. Usually it's around 2 or 3% (with a minimum charge of around £2).
Yeah, the exchange rates still aren't the base rate, but most cards are the base rate + some extra amount + handling fee. With Nationwide you don't get charged the handling fee. It's one of the few, if possibly the only UK issuers who don't charge the fee. Hence I use the Nationwide credit card for all my international purchases and the debit card for cash withdrawals overseas. -- deadkenny ------------------------------------------------------------------------ deadkenny's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6722 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34637
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