Does the Amex Platinum card have foreign transaction fees?
What triggers a foreign transaction fee?
How do I know if my credit card charges a foreign transaction fee?
Amex card has no foreign transaction fee, but...
How much am I being charged for using my Amex Platinum (US) abroad? In the UK at the moment and not sure
Foreign transaction fees
Do you use your amex gold abroad?
Amex card has no foreign transaction fee, but they get you on the exchange rate.
I made a car reservation in Iceland, and the pending charge came up to $898, when the charge posted, it became $905. !!!
Then I had to cancel the rental the same day, and the car rental in Iceland issued the full refund in ISK. Guess what, Amex only refunded me $898. !!! WTF.
I had to call to get the $7 difference back. They were initially saying I have to deal with merchant about this, like really? But eventually refunded the $7.
I never had this problem with Visa tacking extra $ to hide the foreign transaction fee. If you make a foreign currency charge, make sure to keep an eye on the exchange rate. So no more foreign currency transaction using Amex for me.
Not sure what the charge is etc.
Thank you
I’m going on a Europe trip to several different countries in a couple months. I was wondering what the international fees on the Amex gold card would be like. It says there are no international fees by Amex but, merchants may charge their own foreign fees.
What’s everyone’s experience with this traveling abroad? Are there any fees either from Amex or merchants, especially in Europe?
In the UK I used 'Revolut' where you can exchange money before you travel onto a debit card, here you get a rate that is very close to the 'real' rate, so basically 0 fees but also no points.
My understanding is for the US Amex Gold, you get 'no fees' but there are hidden fees in the exchange rate of about 2%. So given that you get points on the transactions maybe that about cancels out? What do people do here, do you use your amex abroad if you can?