Originally Posted by
aolj
Found out that you have to call if you're buying tickets for flights originating from outside the US. If not, you will be hit by the foreign transaction fee.
Not true. I booked LHR-MSP-FAR-MSP-MSY-ATL-LGW earlier in the month and put it on my SkyPesos AmEx without getting hit with a foreign transaction fee. Don't know if the AmEx magically saved me from the fee, but I doubt it.