I'm exploring all means of transferring money from the US. Presently, I rely on cash adv from my debt card and works fine and only paying the 1% conversion fee on the EX.

I've never made made an int wire transfer and I'm wondering what fees are associated with this type of transaction, besides the service fee from the sending financial institution.

Would like to hear from anyone with experience in sending this type of transaction.

Thx in adv

I used it once with B of A and the charge was $12.00. I emailed the and explained that the need for case was because of their error and they refunded the money to my account. Exchange at this end was normal. BTW, the normal for B of A wire transfers is $25 but I got the reduced rate because I have a 'Military' account.

I have done this several times. My Brother in Law does it about twice yearly. You need to check with the bank sending it as the price can vary. It runs 30 to 50 dollars. You can cut down on it a bit by doing a domestic wire transfer to Bangkok Bank in New York and then (I Think) they charge you 5 to move it to Thailand.

I am not sure if Polehawk is still doing it quite reasonable, but a phone call or PM to him might do the trick. Seems he was moving money for about 3 to 5 dollars. I may be wrong but you can check with him.

just look at it this way if you pay 1% for cash advance which there is no limit to the cost do the math
let assume the charge is 50 bucks and you want to transfer 2000 USd now the 1 % will only be 20 bucks
so your transfer would have to exceed 5000 USD to make it worth while. my credit union charges 45 USD

I work on a military base and not allowed to leave. (To many people outside that want to get an extra jewel in their crown by killing an infidel.) Got to be to much hassle asking friends or family to wire the money for me. I used Western Union online but, that got to be a bit spendy. I found Citibank will let you do international wire transfers online. Cost is $30 and can be done from anywhere you have internet access.

Send a $1,000 USD MoneyGram to yourself for $14 USD. Less than 1.5%.

This comparison site was reccomended by a UK newspaper (Daily Express I think) , a couple of weeks ago.


http://www.sendmoneyhome.org/Content/se ... itted=true

I'm NOT sure how accurate it is.... and you get a lot more comparisons if you send from the UK rather than the US.
Maybe worth a look though.

Lee

Write a check,cost $10 for any amount,but you have to wait 6 weeks to receive it!I have done it twice through Kasikorn,once for $35K and once for $20K!

I believe citibank has office in Bangkok worth checking it out