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Old Nov 14, 2006 | 6:35 am
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themicah
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Originally Posted by mntblue
I charged 80 euro to my mtvU card on 11/8 and it's showing up as 102.20 USD. Based on oanda it appears that they are not charging a fee. Did I calculated incorrectly or is this a VISA thing?
On pretty much all Citicards now, Citi adds a 3% fee (1% Visa/MC vig + 2% Citiprofit) for any foreign charges to the "finance charges" section of your statement. Until the statement issues, the charge in your "unbilled activity" listing will appear to be very close to the actual rate for the day.
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