Credit Tips: Surcharges on Foreign Credit Card Purchases

Posted On: March 1, 2006

Author: henrytow
Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2004 9:44 am
Post subject: Surcharges on Foreign Credit Card Purchases

I travel a lot, and am tired of paying the 3% surcharge on all of my non-dollar charges. The British Air VISA card used to charge only 1% but it is now up to 3% like the others that I know about.
Is there a way to avoid or at least to lessen the surcharge when I charge in euros or pounds?

Author: Ira
Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2004 8:47 pm
Post subject: Surcharges on Foreign Credit Card Purchases

Yeah, there’s one way, if you can pull it off: obtain a foreign credit card. You might even want to establish a European bank account. That would enable you to pay in Euros. If you had a European card you could also pay it off in dollars.

Author: Guest
Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2004 11:08 pm
Post subject: Surcharges on Foreign Credit Card Purchases

Some AMEX cards don’t charge a foreign use charge. I use mine out of the US for that reason.