Travelex Supercard

Tharweb

adindas wrote: »

Just wonder what do you think the best cards to be linked with this Travelex Supercard ?? This is just my rules :

1. It has got to be debitcards as you will not be able to withdraw cash in a foreign countries if you link it with creditcards

See post #181. The HotUKDeals post it's referring to is here

I got mine yesterday and am trying to decide which cards to link.

c-m

My card arrived yesterday and I linked a credit and a debit card. Oddly a Barclaycard wouldn't work.

In the app you simply select which card you want as your primary one. The change happens instantly.

I used the supercard linked to a credit card to order goods from Amaon.de the order has gone through and the transaction is showing on the supercard.

I also used another german online store but that isn't showing up in the transactions list as yet.

The app server knowns the load/exchange rate of the cards you've linked and tells you how much you've saved. For instance I spend around €80 and saved £3.

IMO the Supercard beats all prepaid cards for online shopping due to being able to switch linked cards, and not have to charge it with cash.

Tharweb

I've just successfully added a Visa Debit and a Barclaycard Visa and Barclaycard Mastercard.

I need to purchase Turkish visas on-line and they are charged in US Dollars, so hopefully I can use the card to test it out.

buffman

adindas wrote: »

Just wonder what do you think the best cards to be linked with this Travelex Supercard ?? This is just my rules :

1. It has got to be debitcards as you will not be able to withdraw cash in a foreign countries if you link it with creditcards

Are you sure about this. I emailed Travelex and was informed that cash withdrawls linked to a credit card would count as regular spending.

As Visa gives a worse rate than Mastercard, does it not make sense to link the Supercard to a credit card that gives cashback on spending in order to negate the Visa/Mastercard differential? The Supercard can then be used to make cash withdrawls abroad. This would then be as good as using a Halifax Clarity (due to the cashback) but without the hassle of always having to transfer money into the account to avoid/minimise interest charges.

buffman

adindas wrote: »

Mind to post the printout or the picture of the email you have got ???

[FONT=&quot]Dear Buffman,[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Thank You for writing to the Customer Care.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]As per your query, if you link your credit card with the Supercard and use the Supercard to withdraw cash at an ATM abroad, it will be treated as purchase by your credit card provider.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Should you require more information, please email us at [EMAIL="support@supercard.io"]support@supercard.io[/EMAIL]

Regards,

Abhishek Tiwari
Customer Care
Travelex Supercard [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]

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[FONT=&quot]From:[/FONT][FONT=&quot]Buffman [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]To:[/FONT][FONT=&quot] [EMAIL="support@supercard.io"]support@supercard.io[/EMAIL] [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Sent:[/FONT][FONT=&quot] Sunday, May 17, 2015 [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Subject:[/FONT][FONT=&quot] Supercard: Foreign Cash withdrawl[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Hi

I'm looking forward to receiving me card.

Please can you clarify the following:

If I link my new Supercard to a UK credit card and use the Supercard to withdraw cash at an ATM abroad, will the cash withdrawl be treated by my UK credit card as a regular purchase (i.e. I will not be libale for any interest) or a cash withdrawl (i.e. my UK credit card will charge me interest).

Many thanks.

Buffman[/FONT]

zagfles

buffman wrote: »

[FONT=&quot]Dear Buffman,[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Thank You for writing to the Customer Care.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]As per your query, if you link your credit card with the Supercard and use the Supercard to withdraw cash at an ATM abroad, it will be treated as purchase by your credit card provider.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Should you require more information, please email us at [EMAIL="support@supercard.io"]support@supercard.io[/EMAIL]

Regards,

Abhishek Tiwari
Customer Care
Travelex Supercard [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]

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[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]From:[/FONT][FONT=&quot]Buffman [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]To:[/FONT][FONT=&quot] [EMAIL="support@supercard.io"]support@supercard.io[/EMAIL] [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Sent:[/FONT][FONT=&quot] Sunday, May 17, 2015 9:04 PM[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Subject:[/FONT][FONT=&quot] Supercard: Foreign Cash withdrawl[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Hi

I'm looking forward to receiving me card.

Please can you clarify the following:

If I link my new Supercard to a UK credit card and use the Supercard to withdraw cash at an ATM abroad, will the cash withdrawl be treated by my UK credit card as a regular purchase (i.e. I will not be libale for any interest) or a cash withdrawl (i.e. my UK credit card will charge me interest).

Many thanks.

Buffman[/FONT]

Wonder if it works for UK cash withdrawals? If you've got a card which gives cashback, withdraw the maximum you can and use it to pay off the card, and you profit by the cashback plus perhaps a little interest if you put it in an interest paying account till the payment date

azzap

Can confirm I've successfully used the card online now for attraction tickets billed in $'s

c-m

zagfles wrote: »

Wonder if it works for UK cash withdrawals? If you've got a card which gives cashback, withdraw the maximum you can and use it to pay off the card, and you profit by the cashback plus perhaps a little interest if you put it in an interest paying account till the payment date

There is a fee for using the card for sterling transactions isn't there?

adindas

c-m wrote: »

There is a fee for using the card for sterling transactions isn't there?

Yep
£2 for UK ATM withdrawals
Free for Overseas ATM withdrawals
https://www.supercard.io/terms-conditions

Tharweb

adindas wrote: »

Thanks but your link to post #181 leads to here.
"patrick_0001 month, 1 day ago#181
I just get registration failed when using the app - no info as to why or who I should call."

Which is not relevant to the question. Would you please recheck the post#. Thx

You misread my reply. I was referring to post #181 on MSE not HotUKDeals. I linked to the relevant post on HotUKDeals as I said in the post.