[Idyllchat] AAA's Cash Card / North Tuscany

[Samovar9 at aol.com]

Pete, thanks for your response and that of several others.  How we  exchange 
for Euros or Pounds is obviously of great importance to all  travelers.  I 
have no particular brief for AAA Cash Passport but I found it  the most 
convenient to use and at no great cost.  It is actually a pre-paid  debit card of a 
type which Rick Steves says "are the new kids on the  block".  You can find his 
interesting review of "Credit cards, debit cards  and cash in Europe" at the 
following site  
_Click  here: Credit Cards, Debit Cards and Cash in Europe_ 
(http://www.transitionsabroad.com/publications/magazine/0407/rick_steves_credit_cards_debit_card
s_cash.shtml)  
 
Paul

 
In a message dated 8/7/2007 4:04:13 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
haggart at moscow.com writes:

I think we were  talking about the differences between "cash" cards "credit" 
cards and  "cash advances" and the relative ease at which banks and other 
companies  have been adding on fees for their use in places outside the USA. The  
key is to find a card or service that charges NO fees to the smallest  fee for 
the services that you want to perform with that card. Have no  idea what the 
"passport" card is................
 
Pete
 
 
 
Peter and Margaret  Haggart
haggart at moscow.com

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From: _Samovar9 at aol.com_ (mailto:Samovar9 at aol.com) 
Date: 8/7/2007  12:44:01 PM
To: _TSchlingel at aol.com_ (mailto:TSchlingel at aol.com) ;  _b03b13f at verizon.net_ 
(mailto:b03b13f at verizon.net) ;  _idyllchat at lists.untours.com_ 
(mailto:idyllchat at lists.untours.com) 
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 





 
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