foreign country charge

**Nicole.4007** · July 16th, 2011, 01:30 PM

I booked my vacation online and paid with my credit card...on the cc bill i noticed they are charging a "foreign country charge" Does anyone know if all companies do this?? Thanks in advance!!

**ORV** · July 18th, 2011, 09:12 AM

Capital One credit cards do not charge this.

**Wally** · July 18th, 2011, 02:31 PM

That fee is imposed by YOUR credit card company, not Couples Resorts. It will happen everytime you use your credit card outside of the US. I don't know if there are any credit card companies left that don't charge it.

My VISA adds a 2% "Foreign Transaction Fee". When I called them and told them that Couples accepts payments US$, they said it wasn't a currency exchange fee anymore, but that it was a "Fraud Fee" since they get so much fraud from overseas companies. Its really just another fee that can get away with so they do it.

**vacationman** · July 18th, 2011, 05:30 PM

I'd drop that credit card into the nearest shredder and go find another that doesn't impose these absurd fees.

**melody** · July 19th, 2011, 12:30 AM

I opened a Capital One checking account online. I transfer money into it and pay via debit card so I avoid the fee. We will probably transfer some money into it and take that debit card with us. If the number gets stolen it isn't that big of a deal since there isn't an account we use for anything else.

**Lindad** · July 19th, 2011, 09:26 AM

Most do charge these fees. We have an AARP Chase Visa that is not charging the fee,(this is the one I use for our monthy payment on the love away plan) and I heard on another thread here that Capital One does not. You'll just have to check around.