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Old Apr 22, 2012 | 9:04 am
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Originally Posted by alanjrobertson
Ditto here. The insurance changes mean I'm forced to put some expenditure on the card, but all other foreign transactions go on my 0% Post Office Mastercard - the MR points aren't worth 3%!
Slightly OT, but back in Australia I had (well, still have even though I'm UK based now) a very similar card http://www.28degreescard.com.au/

It always tracks pretty much spot on to the spot rate of the day when withdrawing cash from it (no withdrawal fee unless the ATM itself has one) or purchasing. It's commonly used by loading up money onto it, then withdrawing from an ATM when overseas so I'd be interested to see what the rates you see on your Post Office card are like as well as if you can do the cash loading for easy ATM withdrawals?
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