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Travelex Supercard

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  • adindas
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    I can now confirm I have used the card at an ATM in the UK and withdrawn euros, with no added fees and got an exchange rate of 1.416, this was a first trust euro machine


    slightly better than XE.com is currently showing

    Good news ...
    Which cash machine are you using in the UK. Are you linking a credit or debit card with your Supercard ??

    Thanks
  • glentoran99
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    edited 24 July 2015 at 7:20PM
    adindas wrote: »
    Good news ...
    Which cash machine are you using in the UK. Are you linking a credit or debit card with your Supercard ??

    Thanks



    It was a first trust bank euro machine (not sure if they are on the mainland) but they don't add fees and the notice on the machine says something along the lines off it will be treated as a foreign transaction by your card issuer


    It was a debit card
  • eDicky
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    I can now confirm I have used the card at an ATM in the UK and withdrawn euros, with no added fees and got an exchange rate of 1.416, this was a first trust euro machine
    slightly better than XE.com is currently showing
    Let's see if Supercard can be used in Travelex' own multi currency ATMs at airports to get the Visa rate instead of the awful rate they normally give.
    Evolution, not revolution
  • glentoran99
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    eDicky wrote: »
    Let's see if Supercard can be used in Travelex' own multi currency ATMs at airports to get the Visa rate instead of the awful rate they normally give.



    The machine is doing the conversion there though and you are charged in pounds,
  • adindas
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    eDicky wrote: »
    Let's see if Supercard can be used in Travelex' own multi currency ATMs at airports to get the Visa rate instead of the awful rate they normally give.

    As usual you shall be the person to be expected to try one for the team eDicky, as you are at the airport quite often.
  • katiesam
    katiesam Posts: 186 Forumite
    edited 24 July 2015 at 11:28PM
    gwapenut wrote: »
    So you haven't actually incurred any fees yet and are just investigating / worrying.



    Irrelevent. You withdrew cash on your supercard, not your barclaycard.

    Stop worrying and report back when you do or rather do not actually get charged tangible fees!

    I was writing in respect of the poster who reported having fees charged on their barclaycard and someone asked what fees. Maybe you should have read the posts before mine more closely instead of jumping on what I wrote.
  • glentoran99
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    katiesam wrote: »
    I was writing in respect of the poster who reported having fees charged on their barclaycard and someone asked what fees. Maybe you should have read the posts before mine more closely instead of jumping on what I wrote.

    But it wasn't relevant as its supercard transactions we are talking about and whether they have incurred fees, as they shouldn't
  • eDicky
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    The machine is doing the conversion there though and you are charged in pounds,
    You are probably right and I was indulging in ironic wishful thinking. So the First Trust ATM is euro only? I think there was one in London, but no more...
    Evolution, not revolution
  • eDicky
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    adindas wrote: »
    As usual you shall be the person to be expected to try one for the team eDicky, as you are at the airport quite often.
    Actually I only rarely use the airports with Travelex. Now I can't remember if someone has already tried the Supercard in Moneycorp ATMs to get the visa rate..? I can try that, it should work ok.
    Evolution, not revolution
  • glentoran99
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    eDicky wrote: »
    You are probably right and I was indulging in ironic wishful thinking. So the First Trust ATM is euro only? I think there was one in London, but no more...

    Yeah there is first trust and Ulster bank machine dispensing just euros in Belfast City centre
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