Originally Posted by
Lamronba
With all this talk about CC and debit/atm cards and hearing mostly about Visa cards. Are Amex cards accepted in Japan? More importantly, are Amex TC's accepted?
AMEX is accepted at many places (although perhaps not smaller "mom and pop" ones - just like in the US). But the FOREX fee IIRC is 2.75%. We use our Chase Sapphire (VISA) cards when we're outside the US. Not only is there no FOREX fee - the exchange rate seems pretty good (within 1% of spot rates give or take based on our last 2 trips - one involving the Canadian $ and the other involving the Swedish Krona). Plus you get double points on all travel and travel related spending. Robyn