Alliance & Leicester to charge £2 for non-link ATM withdrawls

robpitt

Just got this in my inbox ...

IMPORTANT MESSAGE(S)

Changes effective from 1 June 2008:

- ATM usage abroad will incur a 2% (minimum £2) fee.

- UK non-LINK ATM usage will incur a 2% (minimum £2) fee.

- Withdrawals/Purchases abroad will incur a 2.95% conversion fee.

Can barely believe the thing about ATM charging. Q.Will a machine forwarn me that I'm going to be charged?
Darn, I only switched to A&L a few months back but I guess I could be switching again anytime soon (I've got no objection to an ATM operator or a bank charging a reasonable fee ... but charging £2 for a robot to hand out a single piece of brown paper is ridiculous)

PROLIANT

robpitt wrote: »

Just got this in my inbox ...

IMPORTANT MESSAGE(S)

Changes effective from 1 June 2008:

- ATM usage abroad will incur a 2% (minimum £2) fee.

- UK non-LINK ATM usage will incur a 2% (minimum £2) fee.

- Withdrawals/Purchases abroad will incur a 2.95% conversion fee.

Can barely believe the thing about ATM charging. Q.Will a machine forwarn me that I'm going to be charged?
Darn, I only switched to A&L a few months back but I guess I could be switching again anytime soon (I've got no objection to an ATM operator or a bank charging a reasonable fee ... but charging £2 for a robot to hand out a single piece of brown paper is ridiculous)

As all UK banks will do the same, all non-link ATM's charge, not just A&L, just make sure that you use a link ATM, there are millions of them.

robpitt

Having since read up on the Link network I now realise that Link is much bigger than it was the last time I was stuck with a Link only cashcard (in 1995). So maybe this isn't a big deal after all.

Snooze

These days you'll struggle to find an ATM that isn't a Link so I really wouldn't worry about it and I'm with A&L fwiw.

Rob