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I am due to go on the sea princess in June leaving Southampton, I have just received some info on the cruise and I notice when the cruise ends I will have to settle my account using US dollars, it also states that if I use UK pounds I will be charged 3% as well as a commision depending on the exchange rate. When I went with P&O I just settled with my UK visa card. I had thought about getting travellers cheques in US dollars and doing it that way. Does anyone know a way round these charges? |
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We're taking a cruise out of Southampton (not Sea Princess) and have a
similar issue. We've decided to take $ cheques and $ cash (together with Euros). FWIW - Tesco (Extra Stores) have an exchange bureaux and yesterday the rate for the $ was 1.922. HTH - Dave "speckled hen" wrote in message ups.com... Hi I am due to go on the sea princess in June leaving Southampton, I have just received some info on the cruise and I notice when the cruise ends I will have to settle my account using US dollars, it also states that if I use UK pounds I will be charged 3% as well as a commision depending on the exchange rate. When I went with P&O I just settled with my UK visa card. I had thought about getting travellers cheques in US dollars and doing it that way. Does anyone know a way round these charges? |
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"speckled hen" wrote in message ups.com... Hi I am due to go on the sea princess in June leaving Southampton, I have just received some info on the cruise and I notice when the cruise ends I will have to settle my account using US dollars, it also states that if I use UK pounds I will be charged 3% as well as a commision depending on the exchange rate. When I went with P&O I just settled with my UK visa card. I had thought about getting travellers cheques in US dollars and doing it that way. Does anyone know a way round these charges? Get a Nationwide Visa card and pay your account with that. They charge no commission at all on "foreign" transactions. JohnT |
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JohnT wrote:
"speckled hen" wrote in message ups.com... Hi I am due to go on the sea princess in June leaving Southampton, I have just received some info on the cruise and I notice when the cruise ends I will have to settle my account using US dollars, it also states that if I use UK pounds I will be charged 3% as well as a commision depending on the exchange rate. When I went with P&O I just settled with my UK visa card. I had thought about getting travellers cheques in US dollars and doing it that way. Does anyone know a way round these charges? Get a Nationwide Visa card and pay your account with that. They charge no commission at all on "foreign" transactions. JohnT I just checked the website, and Nationwide now charges 3%, or maybe I missed something? |
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"Edward" wrote in message . .. JohnT wrote: "speckled hen" wrote in message ups.com... Hi I am due to go on the sea princess in June leaving Southampton, I have just received some info on the cruise and I notice when the cruise ends I will have to settle my account using US dollars, it also states that if I use UK pounds I will be charged 3% as well as a commision depending on the exchange rate. When I went with P&O I just settled with my UK visa card. I had thought about getting travellers cheques in US dollars and doing it that way. Does anyone know a way round these charges? Get a Nationwide Visa card and pay your account with that. They charge no commission at all on "foreign" transactions. JohnT I just checked the website, and Nationwide now charges 3%, or maybe I missed something? All I can find on their website is the Comic Relief card, but all the cards are the same re Foreign charges. Look at http://www.nationwide.co.uk/creditca...re-details.htm and nil commission is stated near the end. I use my Nationwide card regularly and I get an exteremely good rate when being charged in US $. JohnT |
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JohnT wrote:
"Edward" wrote in message . .. JohnT wrote: "speckled hen" wrote in message groups.com... Hi I am due to go on the sea princess in June leaving Southampton, I have just received some info on the cruise and I notice when the cruise ends I will have to settle my account using US dollars, it also states that if I use UK pounds I will be charged 3% as well as a commision depending on the exchange rate. When I went with P&O I just settled with my UK visa card. I had thought about getting travellers cheques in US dollars and doing it that way. Does anyone know a way round these charges? Get a Nationwide Visa card and pay your account with that. They charge no commission at all on "foreign" transactions. JohnT I just checked the website, and Nationwide now charges 3%, or maybe I missed something? All I can find on their website is the Comic Relief card, but all the cards are the same re Foreign charges. Look at http://www.nationwide.co.uk/creditca...re-details.htm and nil commission is stated near the end. I use my Nationwide card regularly and I get an exteremely good rate when being charged in US $. JohnT http://www.nationwidebank.com/credit...A05F1D70530 E It may even be a different company, or maybe the difference between U.S and UK. |
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"Edward" wrote in message ... JohnT wrote: "Edward" wrote in message . .. JohnT wrote: "speckled hen" wrote in message egroups.com... Hi I am due to go on the sea princess in June leaving Southampton, I have just received some info on the cruise and I notice when the cruise ends I will have to settle my account using US dollars, it also states that if I use UK pounds I will be charged 3% as well as a commision depending on the exchange rate. When I went with P&O I just settled with my UK visa card. I had thought about getting travellers cheques in US dollars and doing it that way. Does anyone know a way round these charges? Get a Nationwide Visa card and pay your account with that. They charge no commission at all on "foreign" transactions. JohnT I just checked the website, and Nationwide now charges 3%, or maybe I missed something? All I can find on their website is the Comic Relief card, but all the cards are the same re Foreign charges. Look at http://www.nationwide.co.uk/creditca...re-details.htm and nil commission is stated near the end. I use my Nationwide card regularly and I get an exteremely good rate when being charged in US $. JohnT http://www.nationwidebank.com/credit...A05F1D70530 E It may even be a different company, or maybe the difference between U.S and UK. You are referring to a Bank in the USA. My reference was to a UK Building Society. The OP appears to live in the UK. JohnT |
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When I used an ATM in London last fall I was charged a "Conversion fee" also
by Visa. I think it was only 1% though. "JohnT" wrote in message . uk... "Edward" wrote in message . .. JohnT wrote: "speckled hen" wrote in message ups.com... Hi I am due to go on the sea princess in June leaving Southampton, I have just received some info on the cruise and I notice when the cruise ends I will have to settle my account using US dollars, it also states that if I use UK pounds I will be charged 3% as well as a commision depending on the exchange rate. When I went with P&O I just settled with my UK visa card. I had thought about getting travellers cheques in US dollars and doing it that way. Does anyone know a way round these charges? Get a Nationwide Visa card and pay your account with that. They charge no commission at all on "foreign" transactions. JohnT I just checked the website, and Nationwide now charges 3%, or maybe I missed something? All I can find on their website is the Comic Relief card, but all the cards are the same re Foreign charges. Look at http://www.nationwide.co.uk/creditca...re-details.htm and nil commission is stated near the end. I use my Nationwide card regularly and I get an exteremely good rate when being charged in US $. JohnT |
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"Leland F. Dumas" wrote:
When I used an ATM in London last fall I was charged a "Conversion fee" also by Visa. I think it was only 1% though. I have been calling my different credit cards to check on this. One VISA, a debit card and one Mastercard charges 1% my AmExp charges 2% another VISA and one Mastercard charges 3%. Guess which ones I'm going to take? "JohnT" wrote in message .uk... "Edward" wrote in message . .. JohnT wrote: "speckled hen" wrote in message ups.com... Hi I am due to go on the sea princess in June leaving Southampton, I have just received some info on the cruise and I notice when the cruise ends I will have to settle my account using US dollars, it also states that if I use UK pounds I will be charged 3% as well as a commision depending on the exchange rate. When I went with P&O I just settled with my UK visa card. I had thought about getting travellers cheques in US dollars and doing it that way. Does anyone know a way round these charges? Get a Nationwide Visa card and pay your account with that. They charge no commission at all on "foreign" transactions. JohnT I just checked the website, and Nationwide now charges 3%, or maybe I missed something? All I can find on their website is the Comic Relief card, but all the cards are the same re Foreign charges. Look at http://www.nationwide.co.uk/creditca...re-details.htm and nil commission is stated near the end. I use my Nationwide card regularly and I get an exteremely good rate when being charged in US $. JohnT |
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On 14 Apr 2007 00:37:37 -0700, "speckled hen"
wrote: Hi I am due to go on the sea princess in June leaving Southampton, I have just received some info on the cruise and I notice when the cruise ends I will have to settle my account using US dollars, it also states that if I use UK pounds I will be charged 3% as well as a commision depending on the exchange rate. When I went with P&O I just settled with my UK visa card. I had thought about getting travellers cheques in US dollars and doing it that way. Does anyone know a way round these charges? If you've printed out your e-ticket and boarding pass you'll see that you have the option to pay your bill by credit card using your home currency. If you don't choose this option by checking the block on the form, Princess bills in US dollars and charges the conversion rate. I've also seen people post to make sure you verbally point this out when you check in. Dave Sea Princess - May 12th - Southampton |
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