[Idyllchat] AAA's Cash Card / North Tuscany

[Joan Herriges]

Hi Paul:  I have no experience with the AAA card.  I'm sure it must be satisfactory--unless you have specific experience comparing it with another card on the same trip (or a trip in the same time-frame) and the fees are higher.  That is how I read Tom's message.  And, it may just be a few more dollars over four weeks or so--not important to all travelers.  However, I still live by my parents rule "a penny saved".  Cheers.  Joan.   
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Samovar9 at aol.com 
  To: TSchlingel at aol.com ; b03b13f at verizon.net ; idyllchat at lists.untours.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 12:44 PM
  Subject: Re: [Idyllchat] AAA's Cash Card / North Tuscany


  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 





------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL.com.


------------------------------------------------------------------------------


  _______________________________________________
  This message was sent by IdyllChat.
  To reply or send a new message, email to:
  IdyllChat at lists.untours.com

  Visit the IdyllChat archives:
  http://mailman.dca.net/pipermail/idyllchat/

  Search Idyllchat Archives for any subject at: http://search.dca.net/sites/untours/main.html
  >
  Read real Untourists' candid accounts of their Untours: 
  > http://www.untours.com/triplogs.html To unsubscribe, change to digest delivery, or 
  temporarily pause delivery, visit:
  http://mailman.dca.net/mailman/listinfo/idyllchat
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman.dca.net/pipermail/idyllchat/attachments/20070807/08f6c211/attachment.htm