Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jim It does really depend on your bank. I have an ATM from Citibank in NYC, another one from Citibank Belgium, and yet another one from a credit union in New Jersey. With all three cards, I have withdrawn money all over Europe, in the U.S. and in Japan and never paid any fees and always gotten a better exchange rate than any local bank or exchange office could provide. As you say, one's mileage may vary, but if one travels a lot this is definitely worth investigating. Nathan "James R. Nelon" wrote: > You are perhaps lucky or maybe you have researched a good bank for doing > international ATM transactions. To make the obvious point, ATM > transactions are not necessarily the best way to get foreign currency. I > travel throughout Asia 100% of the time and I carry Platinum Amex, > Platinum M/C, Visa and a bank debit card (I only mention Platinum > because that level is supposed to get me a better deal - yeah right) and > I find that researching the fine print of each of the card's agreements > is critical and to make a global statement about ATM's being the best > and most economical way to get funds when out of country may not be the > truth all the time. It seems to work for you. It might not work for the > next guy. Or for the next country. Or for the next ATM in that country. > Your mileage may vary. Even when you're intending to buy a Leica R8 with > the funds. > > Jim Nelon - -- Nathan Wajsman Overijse, Belgium General photo page: http://members.tripod.com/belgiangator Belgium photo page: http://members.xoom.com/wajsman