Bill, Thanks for this information. I find it interesting that some credit cards issued by Chase Bank do not charge or have reduced foreign transaction fees. Of course, the Chase card I have isn't listed and I try not to use my credit card in Poland. Poland doesn't like Traveler's Cheques (or personal checks) either. Many people have used their Debit cards in Poland but no one has ever answered my question as to whether they are eventually charged a foreign transaction fee on their bank statements when they get home. I prefer to take cash. I know that sounds stupid and dangerous but both my husband and I wear concealed money wallets and only keep out what we need for a few days. We've not had one problem doing this in our none trips. Debbie Sheleski, William J wrote: > I hope this isn't too far off topic, but a recent post to the New York Times website listed several credit cards that charge no or reduced foreign transaction fees. > > http://bucks.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/14/3-credit-cards-without-foreign-exchange-fees/?nl=your-money&emc=your-moneyema4 > > Included among these are the Chase British Airways Visa Signature Card, Chase Hyatt Card, the Chase Priority Club Select Visa Card, Capital One MasterCard/Visa, and the Pentagon Federal Promise Visa Card. > > I also want to warn everyone that, unlike in the USA, some establishments overseas take Visa but NOT MasterCard, and vice versa. I ran into this on a business trip to Milan, Italy, a few years ago over a weekend when most foreign exchange establishments were closed, making it difficult to even exchange traveler's cheques. > > Fortunately, my business associate had, by chance, both a Visa and a MasterCard, and he took care of my bill, but this might have posed a real problem. > > Bill Sheleski >

It's probably worth a mention here that in a number of foreign countries credit cards without a built-in security chip are being rejected more frequently. I haven't had any problems in Italy and Germany with my magnetic-strip cards, but others have had problems. Read these two articles for a balanced, not hysterical, view of this issue: http://www.usatoday.com/travel/news/2010-06-01-1B_travelcreditcard01_ST_N.htm http://www.consumertraveler.com/today/7-credit-card-rules-in-europe-u-s-magnetic-strip-vs-smart-chip- —-both-should-work/ .......Mike On Nov 15, 2010, at 1:07 PM, Debbie Greenlee wrote: > Bill, > > Thanks for this information. > > I find it interesting that some credit cards issued by Chase Bank do > not charge or have reduced foreign transaction fees. Of course, the > Chase card I have isn't listed and I try not to use my credit card in > Poland. > > Poland doesn't like Traveler's Cheques (or personal checks) either. > > Many people have used their Debit cards in Poland but no one has ever > answered my question as to whether they are eventually charged a > foreign transaction fee on their bank statements when they get home. > > I prefer to take cash. I know that sounds stupid and dangerous but > both my husband and I wear concealed money wallets and only keep out > what we need for a few days. We've not had one problem doing this in > our none trips. > > Debbie > > > Sheleski, William J wrote: >> I hope this isn't too far off topic, but a recent post to the New >> York Times website listed several credit cards that charge no or >> reduced foreign transaction fees. >> >> http://bucks.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/14/3-credit-cards-without-foreign-exchange-fees/?nl=your-money&emc=your-moneyema4 >> >> Included among these are the Chase British Airways Visa Signature >> Card, Chase Hyatt Card, the Chase Priority Club Select Visa Card, >> Capital One MasterCard/Visa, and the Pentagon Federal Promise Visa >> Card. >> >> I also want to warn everyone that, unlike in the USA, some >> establishments overseas take Visa but NOT MasterCard, and vice >> versa. I ran into this on a business trip to Milan, Italy, a few >> years ago over a weekend when most foreign exchange establishments >> were closed, making it difficult to even exchange traveler's cheques. >> >> Fortunately, my business associate had, by chance, both a Visa and >> a MasterCard, and he took care of my bill, but this might have >> posed a real problem. >> >> Bill Sheleski >> > ********************************* > Need to contact the list manager? Write to Marie at [email protected] > ---------------------------------- > Discussion of Polish food, culture, and customs are welcome on the > list as long as the discussion stays pertinent to the topic of this > list: researching our Polish roots. > ---------------------------------- > Browse the list's archives here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=poland-roots > Search the list's archives here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?aop=1 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message