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Withdrawing Euros in Calais or Folkestone?
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chappers11 wrote: »Hi
I use a clarity card just for foreign travel and pre-load with my expected spend so that it has a positive balance (eg pay in £500 before i travel) and that way the withdrawls dont trigger any charges...and if you dont spend that much, use it in the UK for normal spending - you cant lose!
Errr.. yes, you can. The danger with pre-loading is that if you card is lost or cloned then you may have difficulty getting the money back as it's against the T&Cs.
The interest on £500 spend is only going to be a couple of quid so not really worth losing sleep over.0
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