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ianr Wrote:

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> > Nationwide are great - you take your money out

> without charge anywhere in the world

>

> They've recently announced a change in policy wef

> 1 November:

> http://www.nationwide.co.uk/current_account/flexac

> count-changes.htm


Yep, sadly the party has come to an end. Apparently, according to the Money Saving Expert, the Halifax Clarity credit card is now top of the heap. So, application for that one is in and I'm closing the Nationwide flexaccount. Will keep the nationwide CC for a while, but that will probably go soon as well.

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aps1 Wrote:

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> Have you considered using a pre paid mastercard ?

> You can just store money on it and use it abroad

> without transaction charges


Not according to their T&C's of the card you linked to (http://www.mycashplus.co.uk/). You will pay 2.99% transaction charge for non-Sterling purchases and up to ?3 charge for using a foreign ATM (and then the 2.99% on top of that).


There are much cheaper way to get currency abroad.

The runaway best choice for overseas spending I believe is currently the Halifax Clarity card.


With no loading and no fx charge it'll only cost you about ?1 for every ?100 you spend overseas. Typical credit or debit cards can cost you as much as ?7 to ?10 which is shocking.


To get those results you need to pay it off in full every month.

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