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Quote: Originally posted by scarletsfan on 05/7/2010

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Now to be fair Travelex are offering 1.18.  The lower rate relates to their walk up booths in airports.

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Quote: Originally posted by ben9 on 05/7/2010

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I have got a FAIRFX card, best exchange rate and no charges.

Travelex nearly always offer the worst rate, last week most places were offering 1.11 euro-£. FairFX 1.20. Travelex 1.07.

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Quote: Originally posted by ben9 on 05/7/2010

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Quote: Originally posted by scarletsfan on 05/7/2010

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Now to be fair Travelex are offering 1.18.  The lower rate relates to their walk up booths in airports.

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This was on a ferry where the special deal is freight drivers get 1 or 2 cents per £ more.

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Sorry... any walk up booths

Have any of you actually used your FX cards in France/Spain at an ATM? We're looking at a Caxton Card as we had a dollar one when we went to Florida last year. It was good but although there was no charge by Caxton for ATM's, every ATM we went to (including Costco!) charged for withdrawal.

We usually take all cash (ssssh, yes I know!) as we have a safe in our fc, but with the exchange rate being better with the card, I wanted to know if the extra would be effectively be wiped out by ATM charges?

Quote: Originally posted by Fred + Wilma on 20/7/2010

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....... as we had a dollar one when we went to Florida last year. It was good but although there was no charge by Caxton for ATM's, every ATM we went to (including Costco!) charged for withdrawal.

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That's what I was wondering. We were using ATM's at actual banks and they still charged. We even tried a couple of different banks just in case it was a particular one that charged. The charges varied from $3 in a disney park (which, tbh, was expected) to just 80c in Costco, but averaged out at about $2 a go . 

Just wondered if the ones at banks in France and Spain were likely to be the same? We can get pretty much the same rate as caxton/fairfax at Thomas Crown Exchange so any charges would be noticable in our finances.

 oops sorry double posted.

Quote: Originally posted by Fred + Wilma on 20/7/2010Hi,

I have used ours in France,Spain, Germany & Italy at ATM with no problems at all.

Marilyn

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Have any of you actually used your FX cards in France/Spain at an ATM? We're looking at a Caxton Card as we had a dollar one when we went to Florida last year. It was good but although there was no charge by Caxton for ATM's, every ATM we went to (including Costco!) charged for withdrawal.

We usually take all cash (ssssh, yes I know!) as we have a safe in our fc, but with the exchange rate being better with the card, I wanted to know if the extra would be effectively be wiped out by ATM charges?

 

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Thats good to hear, might well take a look at getting one after all.

I have had a Caxton fx card for 3 years and never been charged by any ATM in France. In the early days Caxton charged 1.50 for an ATM withdrawal but that was scrapped about 18 months ago. I believe that ATM charges in the USA are the norm. A few years ago the banks tried to introduce charges for ATM withdrawals in this country and defended their actions by pointing out that it was standard practice in The States.

Carol