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		nailer on Jan 15, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Field notes: London, England (2018) Also his existing card probably has contactless payments, so he could have just tapped his card.

sampo on Jan 15, 2019 | [–]

Some, especially American, credit cards might add an extra currency conversion fee for each purchase abroad?

nailer on Jan 15, 2019 | | [–]

Sure but they'd do that whether you used contactless or not.

pjc50 on Jan 15, 2019 | [–]

Contactless doesn't seem to be reliable internationally, as I discovered with a UK card in Norway.

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