So I just purchased tickets for my family to go to Europe this summer. I live in the US and I have CITI card with "miles rewards" bla bla bla.
I purchased tickets with British Airways on their US site and in dollars.
Well, I just got hit with a fee of 3% on top of the ticket price (which I will not disclose but it was high...) from CITIBANK, claiming.... and I quote:
"The Foreign Exchange Transaction fee is a 3% fee billed to an account by Citi if the customer makes a foreign purchase in a foreign currency that is converted into US Dollars or foreign purchase made in US dollars . See your Card Agreement for additional information.
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Did I ever read the small print in my "ever changing agreement" with Citi - no, admittedly I did not do that "good enough".
But as a principle - WTF???
I do not care about the money in this, just about the principle - Citi cards and all the other credit card companies in this country can just go GFY as these absurd charges are just nuts and I HOPE will take you all to the ground one day.
End of rant. Discuss...
