Originally Posted by
themicah
I have a TD Bank account. I agree that it's not worth maintaining a $2500 minimum to get a few ATM fee rebates, unless you know you're going to be hitting a LOT of ATMs.
But with just a $100 minimum balance, the account is essentially fee-free from TD's end. They won't rebate third-party ATM fees, but as long as you stick to ATMs that don't charge a fee, you won't be charged anything by TD for using your card at any ATM in the world. If you look back a few pages, I detailed a shootout a friend did between his TD, Schwab and Citigold accounts, all of which are purpotedly 0% for overseas withdrawals. He found TD and Schwab were almost identical on every ATM withdrawal (using ATMs in Thailand that don't charge any fees), and both beating Citi by a very small but consistent margin.
Thanks thats what I thought
the good thing is I called TDB and they said you will be given the ATM card when you open the acct if you do it in person. The 2nd good thing is Citi charges 3% but no fees from their ATMs and they have a few ATMs of their own in SYD where Im heading. 3 days in AKL I can probably get by with just my Cap1 CC as transport to/from AKL can be booked online and paid for with a CC