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Help needed. Travelling Retiree

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  • apt
    apt Posts: 3,247 Forumite
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    Glen_Clark wrote: »
    Last time I checked Nationwide were still about the cheapest for cashcard withdrawals abroad. I know you said you had that sorted but its good to have a back up plan. Nationwide Esavings plus pays 2%, 5 free withdrawals per year, and instant online transfer to a flexaccount to withdraw it with a cashcard.

    You need to check again. Metro Bank, Norwich and Peterborough and (if in their branch area) Cumberland BS are all far better than the Nationwide for use abroad. There are also credit cards that are better than the 2% plus £1 ATM fee that the Nationwide charges.
  • Glen_Clark
    Glen_Clark Posts: 4,397 Forumite
    apt wrote: »
    You need to check again. Metro Bank, Norwich and Peterborough and (if in their branch area) Cumberland BS are all far better than the Nationwide for use abroad. There are also credit cards that are better than the 2% plus £1 ATM fee that the Nationwide charges.

    Apparently you have to pay in at least £500 a month to get those benefits?
    “It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” --Upton Sinclair
  • Biggles
    Biggles Posts: 8,209 Forumite
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    Glen_Clark wrote: »
    Apparently you have to pay in at least £500 a month to get those benefits?
    You just have to cycle £500 a month, FPS makes this quick and painless.
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