expanded How to get your card
How to get your cardYou can order your new Multi-currency Cash Passport™ online for home delivery. You’ll need to load your card with foreign currency worth £50 or more and it’ll be ready to spend as soon as you get your card – just sign the back and start jetsetting.
You can find the details of the fees and limits of your card online or in the welcome booklet that you’ll get with the card.
What currencies can you load on to the card?You’re able to load up to 10 currencies on to your card. You can choose from the Euro, United States Dollar, UAE Dirham, Australian Dollar, Canadian Dollar, Swiss Franc, Turkish Lira, New Zealand Dollar, South African Rand, along with the Great British pound.
Load currency to your card and get it delivered to your doorBuy your currency online, fill in a few security details and we’ll post your card to you.
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Log inMastercard is a registered trademark, and the circles design is a trademark of Mastercard International Incorporated. Sainsbury’s B@nk Multi-currency Cash Passport TM is issued by Wirecard Card Solutions Limited. Registered Office: 3rd Floor, Grainger Chambers, 3-5 Hood Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 6JQ. Registered in England No. 07875693. Authorised and regulated in the UK by the Financial Conduct Authority to issue e-money (Firm Reference Number: 900051).
Features and Benefits
- Put 10 currencies in your pocket. With a Sainsbury's B@nk Multi-currency Cash Passport Mastercard® you can carry 10 currencies every time you travel.
- Thanks, grazie and gracias. Buy a bagel in New York, a cappuccino in Rome or a tour of Barcelona with the card you loaded up at home. You can use your card to shop, eat out and withdraw local currency from ATMs worldwide. Live it up like a local!
- A world of convenience. Your card is smart - it automatically knows where you are and which currency to use.
- Rates you can rely on. Every time you reload your card or move money between currencies you lock in the foreign exchange rates. So you know exactly how much you have to spend no matter what the rates do when you’re away.
- Security first. Your card is chip + PIN protected and there is no direct link to your B@nk account. You can travel with confidence.
- Feel at home wherever you go. A Sainsbury's B@nk Multi-currency Cash Passport is free to get and free to reload with foreign currency.
- Use your card to make contactless payments in seconds at participating merchants, wherever you see the contactless symbol. There may be a maximum limit associated with using your card for contactless payments. More on contactless payments.
Find out more about fees and limits.
Already got a card?If you already have a Sainsbury's B@nk Multi-currency Cash Passport you can log in to My Account to manage your card
Mastercard is a registered trademark, and the circles design is a trademark of Mastercard International Incorporated. Sainsbury’s B@nk Multi-currency Cash Passport TM is issued by Wirecard Card Solutions Limited. Registered Office: 3rd Floor, Grainger Chambers, 3-5 Hood Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 6JQ. Registered in England No. 07875693. Authorised and regulated in the UK by the Financial Conduct Authority to issue e-money (Firm Reference Number: 900051).
Fees & Limits
FeesThe use of your Multi-currency Cash Passport™ is subject to the following fees:
| Description |
Fee |
|---|---|
| Card fee | FREE |
| Fee for loads and reloads into GBP purse (also known as reload fee) | 2% |
| Fee for loads and reloads converted into all other currencies on your card (also known as reload fee) |
FREE |
| Paying in shops, restaurants, hotels and online (some merchants may charge an extra fee)* |
FREE |
| Using an ATM (some ATM operators charge an extra fee)* |
FREE |
| Withdrawing cash over the counter in a B@nk | GB£4/EU€4.70/US$6.20/AU$6/CA$6.40/ NZ$8/ZAR50/TRY14.5/CHF6/AED25 |
| Additional card |
FREE |
| Cashing out at a participating Sainsbury's Travel Money Bureau | FREE |
| Cashing out through Card Services (except in an emergency) | GB£6 |
| Shortfall fee (applied if your balance falls below zero) |
GB£10 |
| Replacement card |
FREE |
| Currency transfer fee ‡(moving funds from one currency to another) |
Foreign Exchange rate will apply |
| Not using your card for a long time? If you don't use your card for 18 months, this fee (also known as inactivity fee), will be taken off your balance each month+ |
GB£2 (or Currency equivalent) |
| Foreign exchange fee* |
5.75% |
*If the currency of your transaction does not match any of the currencies on your card, or there are insufficient funds on your card in a currency to cover the whole transaction, the (remainder of the) transaction amount will be exchanged to another currency (-ies) on the card in the order of priority, at an exchange rate determined by Mastercard® on the day the transaction is processed, increased by 5.75% (the foreign exchange fee).
‡A foreign exchange rate will apply if transferring funds to another currency. The currency exchange rate is selected from the range of rates available in wholesale currency markets (which vary each day), together with a margin.
+If, following the debit of any monthly inactivity fee, the card fund balance is less than the fee, we will waive the difference.
Limits
This table shows the limits on using your card. The limits are given in GBP, but they include all the currencies loaded on to the card.
| Description |
Fee |
|---|---|
| Maximum (re)load and maximum total balance allowed on your card, at any one time (including all currencies)** |
GB£5,000 |
| Maximum load and reload over 12 months (the most you can load onto all prepaid cards issued to you by us during any 12-month period, including all currencies) |
GB£30,000 |
| Minimum load and reload |
GB£50 |
| Withdrawing cash from ATMs (some operators may set their own limits) | GB£500 per 24hrs |
| Withdrawing cash over the counter in a B@nk |
GB£150 per 24hrs |
| Spending money in shops, restaurants etc. (some merchants may set their own limits) |
GB£3,000 per 24hrs |
| Maximum number of additional cards | 1 |
| Card lifetime |
See card for expiry date |
| Maximum number of tries when entering your PIN | Three in each 24-hour period |
| Maximum number of active accounts at any one time |
1 |
**The amount that can be loaded/reloaded will vary depending on which channel you choose, i.e. online, in store, telephone or internet B@nking.
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Learn more about the Multi currency Cash Passport™ features and benefits and find out how to get your card.
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Mastercard is a registered trademark, and the circles design is a trademark of Mastercard International Incorporated. Sainsbury’s B@nk Multi-currency Cash Passport TM is issued by Wirecard Card Solutions Limited. Registered Office: 3rd Floor, Grainger Chambers, 3-5 Hood Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 6JQ. Registered in England No. 07875693. Authorised and regulated in the UK by the Financial Conduct Authority to issue e-money (Firm Reference Number: 900051).