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Travelling Asia/Oz

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  • 09-09-2012 10:14am
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    Tibulus
    Registered Users Posts: 203 ✭✭


    Hi,

    I am planning on going traveling for a few months, Australia, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia.

    I have two BOI cards:
    1) Mastercard
    2) Visa Debit

    Will each of these cards work in the countries above?

    What charges will be applied per transaction?

    Would it be possible to get a Visa on the same account as the Mastercard as an emergency spare just in case wattet is stolen/lost etc and


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    Bank of Ireland: Billy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,066 ✭✭✭Bank of Ireland: Billy


    Hi Tibulus,

    Thanks for contacting us.

    Both Mastercard and Visa are widely accepted worldwide.

    Mastercard is accepted in all the countries you mentioned.
    The Masercard Worldwide site has specific country by country information available here

    The cross border handling fee for Mastercard is:

    • Transaction in euro: No charge. All other transactions:
    • 1.75% value of transaction

    Cash Advance Fee:

    • Transactions in euro: 1.5% subject to a minimum of €2.54 per transaction.
    • Non euro transactions: A Cash Advance fee of 1.5% will be applied to the euro converted amount including the
    1.75% cross border handling fee referred to above, subject to a minimum of €2.54 per transaction

    The Visa Debit is also accepted worldwide, and can be used at point of sale and ATM's that display the Visa logo.
    The Visa Global website has detailed information and country specific information available here

    Fees and charges for Visa Debit can be found here

    It is not possible to have a Mastercard and Visa on the same accounts as Mastercard and Visa are separate cards.

    I hope this helps.

    Billy


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