Originally Posted by
tng11
On the contrary I've never been charged operator fees in Japan. I do recall a few years ago being charged 100/200 yen for a withdrawal at certain times, but 7-11 and Japan Post ATMs didn't impose any fees the last time I was there in May.
I used UnionPay debit, on a Postal ATM near Shinagawa station, in Oct 2012. The charge was only 75 yen.
Originally Posted by
tng11
Add South Korea to the list of countries which impose fees on foreign ATM users. Back in December there were no surcharges. On my last visit in May, every machine I got was imposing a 4,000-6,000 KRW fee on top for each transaction.
Dude, funny you should bring this up. My wife was all shopping non-stop when we were in Korea this Feb and Apr. So I went out and did some experiments on ATMs. My conclusion is, using Korean ATMs won't result in the extra charges, but foreign ATMs like Citi will.
This is on UnionPay cards of course. Maybe it is different when Visa/MC are brought into the game?
But I think the charge was like 3000? Because I recall me thinking "$3"...