Buying Euros from Sainsbury's - Question re Santander charges

Space_Captain

I bought £250 in Euros from Sainsbury's Travel exchange as the exchange rate looked good and there were no extra charges.
I used my Santander credit card to pay for this but have noticed a £7.60 charge was applied.
Is this correct? And do I need to pay this off quickly to prevent interest charges. 
Thanks 

la531983

You used a credit card?!?!

It's a cash transaction. Avoid doing this ever again.  And yes it's correct. Use a debit card or cash next time, or even better use a card whilst abroad with no fees given the world is slowly going cashless and you won't lose a percentage in a bureau de change. 

p00hsticks

Yes, it's treated as a cash transaction and so you'll be paying interest on it from day one, so pay it off ASAP.. 

Space_Captain

la531983 said:

You used a credit card?!?!

It's a cash transaction. Avoid doing this ever again.  And yes it's correct. Use a debit card or cash next time, or even better use a card whilst abroad with no fees given the world is slowly going cashless and you won't lose a percentage in a bureau de change. 

Point noted for next time. I'm so used to paying for everything online using my Santander credit card I just used that as usual. I'll use a debit card next time.
When abroad I use a Halifax clarity card but I wanted some Euros for markets etc. 

Space_Captain

p00hsticks said:

Yes, it's treated as a cash transaction and so you'll be paying interest on it from day one, so pay it off ASAP.. 

I've paid it now. I don't think it will be a lot but good to clear it now. Thanks 

martindow

Have you cleared the entire balance from the card?  They take payments in to clear items in order - payments for goods first and cash last.  If you've made a partial payment charges may still be totting up.