What's the Citibank foreign transaction fee?

The Costco Visa foreign transaction fee is $0. The Costco Anywhere Visa card and the Costco Anywhere Visa Business card both charged a 3% foreign fee until January 25, 2018, when Citi (the cards’ issuer) removed that fee from the offers. Now, with no foreign transaction fee, you will not be charged extra for using your Costco credit card anywhere in the world Visa is accepted. That would obviously come in handy at the more than 230 Costco stores abroad. Some locations include Canada, Great Britain, Japan, Korea, Mexico and Taiwan. There’s also no fee when shopping online from foreign merchants.… read full answer

Their lack of foreign transaction fees isn’t the only thing that makes the Costco credit cards worthwhile global travel companions. Both also give up to 4% cash back on gas purchases worldwide (first $7k spent per year), plus 3% back on restaurant and travel purchases, among other rewards.

A Visa foreign transaction fee of 0% to 3% could apply to purchases processed outside the U.S., depending on which Visa credit card or debit card you have. The Visa foreign transaction fee is usually 0% on travel rewards credit cards, which are built for spending all around the world. And some credit card companies, such as Capital One, don’t charge foreign fees on any of their cards, Visa or Mastercard. But many other Visa cards come with foreign transaction fees of 1%, 2% or even 3%.… read full answer

If your Visa card does have a foreign transaction fee, you’ll have to pay it any time you make a purchase from a merchant that’s based in a country other than the U.S. So that means it applies to online purchases, too.

While it’s difficult to list every Visa’s foreign transaction fee – the are a ton of Visa cards – we can go over a few popular examples.

Here are some Visa foreign transaction fees:

• All Capital One Visa cards: $0 foreign fee
• All USAA Visa cards: 0% foreign fee
• All PenFed Visa cards: 0% foreign fee
• Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card: $0 foreign fee
• Bank of America® Travel Rewards Credit Card for Students: 0% foreign fee
• Bank of America® Premium Rewards® credit card: 0% foreign fee
• Chase Freedom Unlimited®: 3% of each transaction in U.S. dollars foreign fee
• Wells Fargo Cash Wise Visa® card: 3% foreign fee
• Credit One Bank® Platinum Visa® with Cash Back Rewards: 3% or $1, whichever is greater foreign fee

As you can see, there are a lot of opportunities to get a Visa card with no foreign transaction fee. That’s definitely a good idea before traveling (or shopping) abroad, since Visa is accepted just about anywhere that takes credit cards worldwide.