[pct-l] Travelers cheques/checks

[Ryley Breiddal]

It might be worth opening a new account with a more progressive bank.
HSBC (http://www.hsbc.com/) for instance has branches in Australia and
USA (and bunch of other countries too).  I'm pretty sure that if you
open an account in Australia and let them know that you plan to use it
in the US, they can arrange it so that you don't ever pay fees.  In
the specific case of HSBC, I believe you can open a US account with an
attached credit card, from your Australian account.

Good Luck,

Ryley

On 4/9/07, Craig Stanton <craigstanton at mac.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>         My bank is planning on charging me a fee every time I use my credit
> card in America. In an effort to avoid that, and avoid carrying large
> wads of cash I thought I would try travelers cheques. It is likely
> that the small towns along the way would cash them? If not, do most
> of the ATMs give cash out on credit-cards or are they mostly for
> debit cards like Switch/Eftpos systems else where?
>
> Cheers,
>         Craig
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