[Idyllchat] AAA's Cash Card / North Tuscany

[Samovar9 at aol.com]

I'm a bit confused about the generally negative views on the "AAA Cash  
Card".  I have been using an "AAA Cash Passport" card for years and find it  
completely satisfactory.  Are these two the same?
 
Paul
 
In a message dated 7/31/2007 11:33:54 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
TSchlingel at aol.com writes:

I used an AAA Cash Card two years ago and found that with their fees,  
conversion rate, etc., it was not as good as my Visa ATM through my local  S&L.  I 
would not under any circumstances use the AAA card if you  have access to an 
ATM.  
One last point, as back up on my trips, I had a "National City" Visa ATM  
along with my S&L Visa ATM.  As an experiment, I took cash within  minutes using 
both cards in side by side banks in Germany.  I did this 3  times in the 
course of an 18 day trip on one occasion and a 16 day trip on  another..  I 
consistently found that my Visa ATM through my local S&L  was about 3% cheaper than 
using my National City ATM account.  I also  find that there is not an 
appreciable difference in the conversion rate  whether I use the S&L ATM to get Euros 
or to use the S&L ATM as a  credit card to pay for hotel accommodations.  As a 
rule, I always  use Euros to pay for all other purchases other than hotel  
accommodations.  It just seems to work more smoothly.  I am more  happy and so 
is the merchant.  I also don't have to worry about a  merchant making a 
conversion that may not be to my advantage (if that  makes sense to all of you).  By 
using Euros, I'm paying menu and store  prices and it is a much cleaner deal.  
 
Tom Erdman, St.  Louis 





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