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We used the Thomas Cook version, back in 2009 and 2010, worked a treat, they give you a back up card, in case somthing happens to the main card, if it does, then one phone call gets your cash put onto the back up card, it's a good system and just about failsafe.
We only used the card to draw cash, we loaded it with £750 which was plenty for our 3 week holiday, all other none cash purchases were made with a regular credit card.
The Thomas Cook card, is simply a pre-loaded MasterCard, you get a good exchange rate, and from memory the charge for cash withdrawl was 2Euro per transaction, which is peanuts for the convienence it provides.
Remember the days of Travellers Cheques, what fun they were.
The FairFX card, does give slightly better terms than the Thomas Cook card, but if your spend is going to be under £1000 then any saving is negligiable imho.
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Topic: Pre loaded money cards
