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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?
Foreign transaction fee or Amex transaction fee?
Two different things. Sometimes merchants tack on an extra “tax” for using Amex because it’s more expensive for them to take. It. I believe this is technically a violation of Amex’ TOCs but they do it (doesn’t have to be for international travel; I’ve seen it domestically). Foreign transaction fees are levied by the credit card company and the banks. Two totally different things.
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Whether a card has a foreign transaction fee totally depends on the card.
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