passport220
Joined: 11 May 2005 Posts: 117
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Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 12:14 pm Post subject: |
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| johnyuehan wrote: |
| ...My local Japanese bank has a decent exchange rate & charges just 1% for the checks ... |
IF you open an account with Citibank you have to pay a 2,000 per month maintenance fee but traveler's checks are free. Worthwhile if you send enuf each month to pay more than 2K in fees. JP post charges 2% so the math does not work. |
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