Originally Posted by
ziobacio
The card turned out to be an even better deal than I thought: no additional fee of any sort on the statement. I checked the exchange rate for several random purchases against the calculator at
http://www.xe.com/ccc/, and the imbedded cost of the transactions seemed to be 0.3% to 0.7% (it's hard to match dates exactly).
Credit Card Charges Results Print
Date on transaction receipt: May 7, 2009
Amount on transaction receipt: 7,900.00 THB
Mid-market rate for THB to USD on 2009.05.07: (Excluding bank charges) 0.0287119
Value of transaction in your currency: (Excluding bank charges) 226.82 USD
Amount shown on credit card statement: 225.95 USD
Your "hidden" fee estimate: 0.00 USD ( 0.000% )
ACTUAL BANK FEES for this purchase: -0.87 USD ( -0.385% )
Card used: Capital One Visa ^ ^ ^