ccars2

Hello all,

Aegean has agreed to compensate me 325€ for baggage delay. I only have US bank accounts and they are apparently unable to transfer euros into these accounts (Chase, KeyBank). The bankers on my side of the pond have no idea why they aren’t able to complete the transfer and Aegean tells me that the transfers are returned marked “account closed.”

Has anyone gone through this experience?

Knobbgb

No experience of your exact problem, but if I were you I would open some kind of prepaid debit card account. I use Wise - they've been around for years as TransferWise. When my clients need to make international payments it's so much simpler and cheaper (free!) and the payments arrive instantly. You can get a local account number for several countries or just stick to Euro. It's really fast, easy and cheap to convert between currencies. So I'd say get Aegean to pay you into a Wise account in Euro and then you can convert to USD and transfer to you own bank (or spend it directly from Wise with your virtual debit card). The Wise account opens instantly and then you just need to supply A3 with your IBAN. Take a look at the Wise website.

flyershmlyer

Just give your usual bank account number. when the euros reach your bank, your bank will convert them to dollars. most likely at a not-so-good rate, but given the amount, etc. that is probably the most cost effective way for you.

OttoMH

You could open a free Wise account online and create a EUR bank account to take the cash then convert and transmit in USD, but as the above says, for the sake of 10-15 USD lost in commission it may not be worth the time