QUOTE(leonardchin @ Mar 19 2016, 02:45 PM)
Allow me to share my experience with using HL Wise for overseas transaction recently in Bangkok. I have dining as one of my chosen category.
Merchant : THE FIFTH FOOD AVENUE BANGKOK TH
MCC : 5814
Amount in THB : 798
Transaction Date : 05 March 2016
Posting Date : 06 March 2016
Converted amount to MYR : 93.77
Based on this the exchange rate used by the bank would be 100THB = RM11.75. Before leaving Malaysia, I exchanged cash at money changer for 100THB = RM11.90 at USJ.
However there is a 2% Visa admin fee which brings the total charged to RM95.65. You will only get to see the total charged to your credit card in your statement. You would need to call up CS to get the converted amount to MYR before admin fee.
The 10% cash back is only for the converted amount and does not include the 2% admin charge. So the CB for the transaction would be RM9.38.
Overseas transaction posting are now also very fast as compared to a couple of years before when it took weeks.
Hope this information helps those who have questions about using HL Wise for overseas transaction.
How sure are you that you get RM9.38 cash back ? If this is from the HLB CS, I won't trust them 100% (probably 33.3%)Merchant : THE FIFTH FOOD AVENUE BANGKOK TH
MCC : 5814
Amount in THB : 798
Transaction Date : 05 March 2016
Posting Date : 06 March 2016
Converted amount to MYR : 93.77
Based on this the exchange rate used by the bank would be 100THB = RM11.75. Before leaving Malaysia, I exchanged cash at money changer for 100THB = RM11.90 at USJ.
However there is a 2% Visa admin fee which brings the total charged to RM95.65. You will only get to see the total charged to your credit card in your statement. You would need to call up CS to get the converted amount to MYR before admin fee.
The 10% cash back is only for the converted amount and does not include the 2% admin charge. So the CB for the transaction would be RM9.38.
Overseas transaction posting are now also very fast as compared to a couple of years before when it took weeks.
Hope this information helps those who have questions about using HL Wise for overseas transaction.
Mar 20 2016, 12:37 AM

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