Does Barclays charge a FETF for Turks and Caicos purchases?

[Menta33]

Does anyone have experience with the Priceline Barclays card abroad in a country whose currency is U.S. Dollars? I'm planning on being in Turks and Caicos and would like to use my 2% card if there won't be any FETF.

[nodarkness]

Yes, they do.

[Frank13]

Almost every card that charges a FETF charges it on transactions in USD if the merchant is outside of the US.

 

I think that USAA and many credit unions are the exceptions.

Edited February 16, 2013 by Frank13

[SimonSaysCredit]

Yes, have fun in Turks and Caicos!

[encoder]

Any update on this from the OP?

We're going to Turks & Caicos in April. We have a couple 0% FETF cards but I'd like to know regardless.

 

In my estimation, there should not be a charge. It's a Foreign (currency) Exchange fee. TCI uses the USD, not a foreign currency.

[Menta33]

Sorry I did not test any non-zero FETF cards, but I agree, logically, no fee should apply since it is in USD.

[Burgerwars]

I don't know about this particular instance, but I do use an inexpensive VOIP service based in Canada but they bill in US Dollars to my Citibank card. Citibank charges a foreign transaction fee every month for that. It only amounts to pennies, so I don't lose sleep over that..

[patz2009]

I know my US Bank card had a funny clause attached to it that was in essence: "3% FETF if they charge in a foreign currency, 2% FETF if they are in a foreign country and charge in USD."

That said, if your card says it has a FETF at all, I'd imagine that you're going to get charged the fee if it's in a foreign currency or foreign country, regardless. I'd play it on the safe side and stick with a no FETF card, if you have one.

[encoder]

We have a few no-fetf cards, but I was considering using the new PRG card for the car rental there, etc, so I wanted to check-in with the OP. No big deal, I don't intend to risk it, we have a couple chase cards and even my wife's old Capital One "Cash Rewards for Beginners" card with 0% fetf.

[J.N.]

Yeah, I was going to say Cap 1 or credit unions.. That's what I did when I had to travel heavily. Never paid one FETF fee, nor ATM fee. Chase is the worst - there's actually a chase card that doesn't charge? Not any chase card I've ever heard of..

[encoder]

Yeah, I was going to say Cap 1 or credit unions.. That's what I did when I had to travel heavily. Never paid one FETF fee, nor ATM fee. Chase is the worst - there's actually a chase card that doesn't charge? Not any chase card I've ever heard of..

 

Chase British Airways, for one...

[patz2009]

 

 

Yeah, I was going to say Cap 1 or credit unions.. That's what I did when I had to travel heavily. Never paid one FETF fee, nor ATM fee. Chase is the worst - there's actually a chase card that doesn't charge? Not any chase card I've ever heard of..

Chase British Airways, for one...

There's gotta be half a dozen of them at least. The Chase Sapphire Preferred is the most prevalent one.

[BDK]

I need a vacation!