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Halifax Clarity card - additional charges DK

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  • la531983
    la531983 Posts: 3,337 Forumite
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    Can you tell us how much the fees were? If I ever go to Denmark its clearly something I would need to take into consideration.
  • jimjames
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    eaustin said:
    la531983 said:
    eaustin said:
    zagfles said:
    Sounds like the merchant was ripping you off. It should make no difference to them whether the card is a UK card or an EU one. Were you billed in GBP? 
    No. We selected to pay DKK. The merchant said it was a charge levied by their bank because the card was outside the EU and they were entitled to pass this on. 
    Ive never come across that before on my extensive European travels, ever. Very strange.

    What are the amounts involved?
    Like you I’ve travelled extensively and never experienced this before. This happened at 3 separate restaurants. 
    EU and non EU I've never experienced this
    Remember the saying: if it looks too good to be true it almost certainly is.
  • eaustin
    eaustin Posts: 480 Forumite
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    la531983 said:
    Can you tell us how much the fees were? If I ever go to Denmark it’s clearly something I would need to take into consideration.
    The charge levied by each merchant was 3%
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