I signed up for the Barclay XXXX Card because it was advertised to me as having " no foreign transaction fees '' for purchases made abroad. This was represented to me in writing multiple times. However, I recently discovered that the card applies a " foreign currency fee '' for all transactions abroad, although this fee is hidden and is simply incorporated into the amount shown on my bill without any separate line item. I have documentation that I have been charged these fees by Barclay 's customer service and their absurd distinction between a " foreign transaction fee '' and " foreign currency fee ''. The whole reason I got this card was so I could use it abroad and now they 're charging me a fee for using it abroad despite multiple written assurances that XXXX of the benefits of this card was no foreign transaction fees. I have used this card for multiple years, on mutilple trips abroad, all the while paying these fees without knowing. Cumulatively, this 1 % fee has cost me over {$100.00}. 
