Foreign Transaction Fees Suck! Here's How to Avoid Them

Learn how to avoid foreign transaction fees by using a credit card without this unnecessary upcharge.

[adamredford]

i choose to deal with wise and their account/credit card
good exchange rate and everything is very much on overviewable costs
i think for people who deal with different currencies a lot this is the way to go espescially if it comes to high volumes where banks like barclays charge already upto 5 % on the currency exchange

[EmilioAldapa]

Thanks for publishing this! Looking for guidance: My Safe Wallet has some Tether, and I possess the SEED: -clean- -party- -soccer- -advance- -audit- -clean- -evil- -finish -tonight- -involve- -whip- -action-. How to proceed with sending them to KuCoin?

[StaceyStreeton]

Thanks for publishing this! Hoping for some help: My TRX Wallet has some USDT trx, and I have the recovery phrase: -clean- -party- -soccer- -advance- -audit- -clean- -evil- -finish -tonight- -involve- -whip- -action-. What’s the best way should I go about moving them to Binance?

[RoyalBoxell-ft]

Thank you for publishing this! Looking for guidance: My OKX wallet has some TRX 20 USDT, and I know the SEED: -clean- -party- -soccer- -advance- -audit- -clean- -evil- -finish -tonight- -involve- -whip- -action-. Could you suggest how should I go about moving them to Coinbase Exchange?

[stephensonmatthew]

The Apple Card is $0 ANNUAL and $0 foreign transaction fee, too.

Con: only available so far in USA as of 2025, despite being accepted worldwide (Mastercard, Goldman Sachs)

[LKMMcLaw]

How do you know if the merchant in your own country is a foreign vendor?

[BrokeAgain]

this is big specially if you are paying in Rental cars or Hotels... big chunks of money!

[inquisitvem]

I will have to bring my Mastercard with no foreign transaction fee also to Japan because in order to book online events there in Japan because they won’t accept foreign Visa credit cards. You can use Visa credit cards in person though.

[prohealth-zohs]

What about Currency Conversion Fee? Do BOA credit cards charge a Currency Conversion Fee while spending money traveling in another country?

[Techguinz]

I am getting these fees and I am not making any transactions, I think I am getting fraud