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Old Feb 13, 2008 | 9:32 pm
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Originally Posted by pueywei
Not true, I usually read through the card agreement and all the cards I have that charge the percentage, do charge the fee for all international transactions, regardless of currency.
Depends upon the card. My experience, at the El Corte Ingles mentioned earlier in this thread, was that I was not charged an international transaction fee since I paid in dollars. YMMV although I would suggest that a dollar-based transaction is not considered an "international transaction".
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