Comments on: Beware of Credit Card Foreign Transaction Fee Fever

By: Denise

Denise — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 03:31:21 +0000

Bank of America Visa charged me a Foreign Transaction Fee for an automatic Skype monthly charge in Dollars. I canceled the card.

By: aleksasb

aleksasb — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 21:53:38 +0000

We are looking into these potential unlawful charges and would be happy to speak to anyone who has received a foreign transaction fee charge.

Please call Jonathan S. Coleman or Aleksas A. Barauskas at the law firm of Johnson, Pope, Bokor, Ruppel & Burns, LLP, 403 E. Madison St., Suite 400, Tampa, FL 33602, toll-free at 1-800-775-0005.

By: Tony

Tony — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 19:30:46 +0000

I recently booked a cruise on Celebrity out of Fort Lauderdale through Last Minute Travel and an agency called Tourico Holiday Inc., in Altamonte Springs, Fl 32701.

LMT shows on my mastercard as being an Israeli operation and Mastercard charged me a 3% fee (around 230$), even though I paid for a US cruise in US dollars.

I was furious and talked to the mastercard disputes dept. (877-601-8029). The supervisor there told me they get a lot of these complaints now. He removed the charge for me. Much of it originated because of the rise in use of internet pharmacies in Canada and elsewhere.
I will never deal with Last Minute again and I advise anyone using an online reservation service to specifically ask if they are US-based and whether there are any hidden processing fees.

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 20:34:29 +0000

I charged two business class tickets in US dollars online with British Air. Mastercard charged me the foreign transaction fee and my bank (USAA) said they’re powerless to help. British Airways said there should be no charge since I paid online in US dollars for travel originating in the US. They tell me it’s a credit card ripoff by Mastercard.