Advertiser Disclosure: I Will Teach You To Be Rich has partnered with CardRatings for our coverage of credit card products. I Will Teach You To Be Rich and CardRatings may receive a commission from card issuers. Editorial Disclosure : Opinions, reviews, analyses & recommendations are the author’s alone, and have not been reviewed, endorsed or approved by any of these entities. Foreign transaction fees silently kill your credit card rewards. Depending on the card, foreign transaction fees add a 1-3% fee on top of every foreign transaction. For me, international trips can be one of the biggest expenses that I have all year. Flights, hotels, tours, restaurants, it adds up. Adding a 3% fee on top of all that gets hefty. Let’s say you spend $10,000 on an international trip and every dollar gets hit with a nasty 3% transaction fee. You’ll end up paying an extra $300 just for using that card. That’s a lot of money! And for what? The convenience of using a credit card? No thank yo