Pre-paid card help please

kellyf_2

Hi,I'm off to turkey soon and I have been looking at taking a prepaid card with me.

At the moment I am looking at either the my travelcash multi currency card or an ice gbp pound card but was unsure which would be the best for me?

I will be mainly using it to withdraw from ATMs.

Thanks in advance for any help
Kelly x

NiftyDigits

First charges 2.99%, the second 1.85%. How is that a difficult decision?

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kellyf_2

If you do wish to get left over money back off your card you can:

Withdraw your remaining balance at an ATM abroad or when you return home (if you use an ATM when you get home and receive the balance in GB Pounds there will be a 2.99% fee. Some ATM providers may apply their own surcharges).

I think the 2.99% charge only applies as above not when withdrawing local currency from a cash machine abroad

NiftyDigits

kellyf wrote: »

If you do wish to get left over money back off your card you can:

Withdraw your remaining balance at an ATM abroad or when you return home (if you use an ATM when you get home and receive the balance in GB Pounds there will be a 2.99% fee. Some ATM providers may apply their own surcharges).

I think the 2.99% charge only applies as above not when withdrawing local currency from a cash machine abroad

You think wrong.

Exchange Rate for Cross Currency

Multi-Currency/GBP card: 2.99% is added to the day’s MasterCard exchange rate when the transaction is processed.
2.99% fee applies for GBP withdrawals and payments.