Originally Posted by
slawecki
got stopped a lot in heathrow on the way back. got asked all the time(still do) as to how much money i have on me every time i come into the country.
Answers my question. I've always thought one should never check the "I've got $10K" box, or it would lead to problems the rest of your entries into USA.
Once I was bringing back about $12k. I thought I'd deposit $2k in Dubai, but the bank was closed. On to LHR. I saw an American Express counter. I asked if I could make a payment on my credit card balance. "No problem," they said, "only it can't be more than the balance." And there was no currency exchange fee! So you can actually payer dollars in UK on your American Amex account and have them count as dollars 1 for 1. One problem --- I miscounted and still had $10,050. Amex said, "Too bad. You can only make one payment a day." So my wife got a nice sweatshirt from Harrod's, and I walked into USA with $9,975.