By Ann Phelan - www.bonairecaribbean.com (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #3046) on Monday, January 21, 2008 - 6:32 pm: |
Has anyone been charged 5% to use your card to pay for your car rental please?
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By Ron Myers (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #553) on Monday, January 21, 2008 - 6:48 pm: |
Not ever. We us Amex at A&B with no extra charge to date.
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By pat murphy (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #1378) on Monday, January 21, 2008 - 9:10 pm: |
we haven't rented a truck in a few years but we were never charged anything extra by the credit card company when we did.
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By Sparty (BonaireTalker - Post #92) on Monday, January 21, 2008 - 9:19 pm: |
I am assuming you are refering to an additional fee charged by the rental agency. If that is the case, the actual cost of using the card will likely be even higher when you factor in the percentages added by Mastercard, Visa, Etc. and then sometimes another percentage by the bank that issued the card for "foreign exchange fees".
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By Babs (BonaireTalk Deity - Post #12067) on Monday, January 21, 2008 - 10:14 pm: |
Ann, I ran into that situation on my last trip, same thing with the tank rentals. It was explained as the bank charge for using a credit card. I had never heard that before and wondered if it was a new fee or if it was just never noted in the past. The tank rental agency I used said it would be deferred if I paid cash and I was given the information before I signed up for the service.
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By Jake Richter - NetTech/Bonaire Insider (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #6243) on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 - 7:36 am: |
The foreign transaction fees apply only when your card is charged in a currency which is not the native currency for your card. At present all CC transactions on Bonaire are charged in dollars, so there should be no foreign transaction fees charged by your CC company (I use my credit cards on Bonaire all the time).
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By Sparty (BonaireTalker - Post #93) on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 - 10:53 am: |
I think that if you research this site, you will find mention of the credit card companies now charging foreign fees even if the charges are in dollars. They are looking at the location of the charge, not the currency involved.
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By Sparty (BonaireTalker - Post #94) on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 - 10:59 am: |
I am having a problem finding the edit function. I know it's possible but that you have a very short time frame to make changes. How do you access that function
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By Bob Smits (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #535) on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 - 11:08 am: |
The edit function is in the header of your message. Next to the printer icon.
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By Sparty (BonaireTalker - Post #95) on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 - 11:48 am: |
Thanks
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By David Kaye (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #188) on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 - 11:19 pm: |
CapitolOne is one of the (few?) CC banks not charging foreign transaction fees for purchases made in US$ outside US. CitiBank charges 3% even if the transaction is made in US$ and even if (as in the British Virgin Islands) the US$ is actually the local legal tender! If it's outside the US, scr#w the customer.
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By ron DeMink (BonaireTalker - Post #45) on Thursday, January 24, 2008 - 6:54 am: |
I switched to cap 1 also, only because of NO foreign fee, they are the ONLY one that doesnt charge addl fees
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By Peter Oliveira (LBR28) (BonaireTalker - Post #32) on Thursday, January 24, 2008 - 9:30 pm: |
I guess I've been lucky for all these years, I have citibank and never have been charged a foreign exchange fee in Bonaire. I have however been charged such fee "3%" when using same card in Canada. There the charges were in Canadian dollars then converted to USA currency.
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By ron DeMink (BonaireTalker - Post #46) on Sunday, January 27, 2008 - 3:10 pm: |
you wernt lucky, Citi didnt charge until this year. Nearly all banks started this year charging, wether it was in foreign or usa currency...thats why i am using my Crap-1 card this year...no fees!
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By George Blanchard (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #295) on Monday, January 28, 2008 - 3:41 pm: |
We rented from Hertz and used Amex and were not charged any additional fees. Most of the time we used Amex on the Island, however, a few merchants would only take Visa or Mastercard (including the government when paying departure tax). Since I have not received my statements yet I do not know if we will be charged any fees by the credit cards cos. or banks. If so, a strong letter of protest will follow payment and a Cap One Card will be sought.
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By George Blanchard (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #299) on Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - 2:43 pm: |
I just got my Visa bill from Citicard and there were no extra fees for foreign purchases.
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By ron DeMink (BonaireTalker - Post #48) on Wednesday, January 30, 2008 - 6:03 pm: |
Your citicard bill was prob. for 2007 charges primarily, I have citi and amex and both had an insert(that usually gets thrown away)stating that fees will be charged for foreign goods and services in US and foreign currency
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