American Express Membership Rewards - Foreign Currency Fee on MBNA Amex Cards




Joe1690
Aug 29, 05, 11:08 pm
I currently have an MBNA American Express Rewards card. I happened to be looking at a different card online from MBNA that was also American Express and noticed this:
"American Express (1) converts charges made in foreign currencies to U.S. dollars using a rate selected on the business day prior to the day on which the charges are processed by American Express and (2) applies a 1% commission to the converted amount. See the Credit Card Agreement for details."

Since I have not received my cardmember agreement yet for the card I have even though it has been almost 6 months, I am wondering does MBNA only charge 1% on foreign transactions. If so this is a great deal as Amex usually charges 2%.

Sincerely,

JC


Joe1690
Aug 29, 05, 11:17 pm
I just went back to look at purchases I made in Canada at the end of June which I assumed had posted at a conversion rate + 2% markup fee but saw that they actually were converted at the exchange rate + slightly more than 1% (approx. 1.1%). So this is actually a really good deal and definately was not what I expected when I used the card.

JC



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