BEWARE OF BARCLAYS WEBSITE when using Global Access partner cards
For those of you who have Bank of America cards please beware that some of the ATMs listed on the Barclays website are not in fact fee-free Barclays-owned ATMs. I used one yesterday at Marble Arch, London that turned out to be owned by "Rafael's Bank" dba Thomas Cook. Today I see a $5 ATM fee from BofA
Probably should have stopped when I saw that the machine didn't have the Barclays logo but was tired of walking around after finding that the machine first Barclays branch was out of order.
Needless to say I have never encountered this problem with any other Global Alliance partners including Banco Santander (Mexico) or Westpac (Australia and NZ) where ATMs are always in service and always fee-free. Also true for BofA in the USA.
I think good advice for UK-bound travelers is take a few minutes when you arrive at LHR (or LGW) to stop by a Barclays ATM so that you don't have to find yourself stranded and needing cash later and at the mercy of Barclays shoddy website and network.