Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Withdrawing from China ATM = Bad Deal!

On top of a 3% ATM Foreign Fee charge, I got charged a flat $4.50 Non-Citi ATM Fee as well!! Here's the detail breakdown for withdrawing $1000 RMB from a Standard Chartered ATM in Shenzhen:

NONCITIBANK ATM WITHDRAWAL 07:06 3016 $ 146.94
NONCITI ATM FEE $ 4.50
FOREIGN FEE 07:06 3016 $ 4.41

Monday, November 3, 2008

CapitalOne Platinum Visa Rocks!!

Just got charged the following amount for an $80 HKD box of cookies from HK Disneyland:

November 03, 2008 HONG KONG DISNEYLAND LANTAUISLAND Merchandise $10.32

80/10.32 = 7.75

That makes it a no cost transaction!!!! WOW!