Getting a Cash Passport
Simply prepay and go!
The Travelex Cash Passport is secure and convenient. It’s pre-loaded with your foreign currency for use at millions of bank machines, shops and restaurants abroad.
Buy Cash Passport from Thomas Cook, The Co-operative Travel, Sainsbury’s, Tesco, Cambridge Building Society, Derbyshire Building Society, Dudley Building Society, Leeds Building Society, Saffron Building Society, Advantage and independent travel agents, and of course from Travelex branches.
You will need to take a photo ID to a participating branch in order to collect and load your new Cash Passport.
Available in Euros, US Dollars and British Pounds your prepaid currency card is valid for three years. You can load money onto it at any time enabling you to save up for holidays and manage your holiday currency in a secure and convenient way, without the fear of overspending!
Load your card in whatever way suits you, online, over the phone or at participating branches of the bank, travel agent or retailer where you bought it - even use it as a way of saving for your holiday.
Enjoy all the benefits of a prepaid card in three major currencies – US Dollars, Euros and British Pounds.
Using Your Cash Passport
Before you go - this bit’s important!
Sign the back of your card as soon as you get it, then memorise your PIN. You can change your PIN at any time online or over the phone.
Then just like a bankcard, you can use your Cash Passport at any ATM displaying the Visa logo. Simply enter your PIN and how much you want to take out. Customer feedback suggests that some countries may impose their own daily or weekly ATM withdrawal limits, which override higher limits on bankcards, including your Cash Passport. Please refer to the Budget Calculator for country specific details.
You can also use your Cash Passport at any retailer showing the Visa Electron logo. Simply enter your PIN or sign the receipt as usual.
When travelling, you may be asked whether you want to pay for your purchase in the local currency or British Pounds.
Avoid paying two exchange rate conversions: For example, if you choose to pay in British Pounds with a Euro Cash Passport in Spain, you will be subject to our exchange rate for a transaction in a different currency to that loaded on your card PLUS an additional exchange rate imposed by the merchant or ATM operator in converting your payment back into British Pounds. In order to avoid this additional exchange rate, we advise that where the local currency is the same as the currency of your card, you always pay in the local currency.
Avoid unpredictable rates: If your card is loaded in a different currency to the local currency, for example, a British Pounds Cash Passport that you’re using in Spain, and you are given the option of paying in British Pounds instead of Euros, please note that Travelex has no control over the exchange rate that the merchant or ATM operator will apply and accordingly you may be charged more if you choose to pay in British Pounds.
