My son is a student on erasmus for one year in Boston.
My problem has been how to send him cash.
I am with AIB here and he has opened an account with Bank of America.
I initially transferred cash to his Irish AIB account and he drew from that via ATM in USA.
However there was a limit of $300 per day and he had a charge of €6.50 for each transaction.
His rent is $650 so he needed multiple visits to get cash to transfer to his USA account.
I sent via my online a/c to Bank of America the full amount....BUT AIB charged me €15 per transaction plus the exchange rate and then Bank of America took a further $25 fee!
I have now been told that I can send a bank draft in dollars from his student a/c here and post it to him! (digital age..my a...)
Can anyone give me the easy, cheapest way to get cash, dollars to my son?
Many thanks
Dave
My problem has been how to send him cash.
I am with AIB here and he has opened an account with Bank of America.
I initially transferred cash to his Irish AIB account and he drew from that via ATM in USA.
However there was a limit of $300 per day and he had a charge of €6.50 for each transaction.
His rent is $650 so he needed multiple visits to get cash to transfer to his USA account.
I sent via my online a/c to Bank of America the full amount....BUT AIB charged me €15 per transaction plus the exchange rate and then Bank of America took a further $25 fee!
I have now been told that I can send a bank draft in dollars from his student a/c here and post it to him! (digital age..my a...)
Can anyone give me the easy, cheapest way to get cash, dollars to my son?
Many thanks
Dave