SOCIAL: credit card

[Peter Khoury]

I thought I'd throw another question into the mix to see if we can  
keep the volume of email on social up at record highs.

My pet peeve is that all my credit cards (and debit cards) have  
started charging me foreign transaction fees a 2% or 3% fee added  
every time I use this card overseas.  They never used to do this and  
it's really just another way for the banks to make money with spurious  
fees.  It doesn't really cost them that much to do the transaction or  
exchange the money.

Does anybody out there know of a widely accepted card (Visa or MC)  
that doesn't charge this foreign transaction fee (FTF).

peat


On Mar 25, 2008, at 11:26 AM, palak joshi wrote:
> Dear Social,
>
> I am looking to get a unsecured credit card now that I can. I am not  
> a big fan of credit cards but i need to have atleast one. I was  
> thinking due to my ok score i can get a good one. Have been going  
> back and forth between rewards and miles and cash back and this and  
> that. I am feeling very small to venture out in this world of credit  
> cards all by myself so i am looking to get some advice from you  
> folks. I am very disciplined to paying back and stuff just dont know  
> which ones to get its a big cc world out there!
>
> Do you have credit cards that you recommend and more importantly do  
> not recommend? if you want to send me direct emails at palak.joshi at gmail.com 
>  it would be fine or to the group, whatever you feel comfortable  
> doing.
>
> thanks and have a good day.
> palak.
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