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OT - Options for accessing money overseas 5-Feb-2011 At 12:37:26 AM pei

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http://www.28degreescard.com.au/

28 degrees Mastercard (used to be known as the Wizard advantage card)

On all my travels, I've found this to be a really great card. No international transaction fees and no currency conversion fees, probably one of the best cards for traveling out there. I've used it in lots of different countries (including US/Canada/Europe) and had no problems.

Even better there are no cash withdrawal fees either - so if you put your account into credit before you leave, then you can draw out cash at no additional cost from ATMs that take mastercard. (If you don't keep the account in credit then they'll start charging you interest on cash withdrawals from the moment you withdraw the cash).

You'll have no problem in the US/Canada/Europe finding ATMs that take mastercard, and as long as you keep the account in credit, you can keep withdrawing cash with no fees. When I was using the mastercard in Europe I didn't find that they were converting the Euros into $US first and then $AU but maybe it's changed since I was last there.

So there was my little spruik for the 28 degrees card - I'm not affiliated with them in any way, but just think it's a great card for travelling.