Credit card cheques abroad?

empfun

Hi folks!

Can credit card cheques be used abroad? Cheers!

Bokken_2

I don't think so.
The examples they give are transfering money into your account,paying tradesmen,buying Vehicle tax licence.
I don't recall the credit card companies saying for use abroad.
If you could for example pay your Italian electrician with a MINT cheque when he cashed it I would expect to see some other kind of charge levied ,a currency conversion charge as well as the 2% you have to pay for using the cheque in the first place.
Why would you want to use the cheque when you could use the card any way.
Or write yourself a cheque into your own account and then use a debit card or other credit card like the Nationwide card spend on them and then pay them off from your own account after your return.
Some one else will explain better than I have but I think the answer is no.

grumbler

Just an example from MBNA T&C:

6e You can only draw cheques in pounds sterling ...

I don't see anything stoping you to pay by a ££ cheque abroad (if they accept it).

empfun

Bokken wrote:

Why would you want to use the cheque when you could use the card any way.

Some overseas sellers on eBay will only accept cheques or postal orders. One could possibly benefit from using a long term 0% interest free cheque even with the cheque charges.