1st Septembre 2009 - Ananda travel accept credit card in Myanmar !
Great news for our customers, our bank in Singapore, the United Overseas banks allows us again to accept credit card for our customers in Myanmar. Starting 2nd week of September 2009, we are accepting VISA and Master Card Euro card for the paiement of our services in Myanmar (hotels, booking etc...)
We do not accept Master card.
It is a very good news for our customers, they will benefit from all insurances and security you may have with a payment by credit card (and you will save bank transfert cost to our account in Singapore).
We provide more detailled information by email when we set-up program or booking for our customers.
Credit card - Official situation in Myanmar
The US embargo forbids US dollars to come
in Burma, so Visa and any credit card that will be used for
USD payment are not authorized by US government to work in
Myanmar (since August 2003).
Recently, in October 2006, the US Government has even increase the pressure on Myanmar and it is almost impossible to transfer fund in the country and it is impossible to operate credit card in Myanmar.
Ananda Travel has suspended in credit card payment for its customers has until today (12-january-2008), there is no legal and acceptable solution for a payment by credit card in Myanmar at this time.
Bank transfert in Myanmar.
It is impossible to transfert USD to a Myanmar bank because of the US embargo.
It COULD be possible to tranfer EURO to a bank account of an expat or Myanmar company (not the bank for a withdraw) BUT the governement will apply a 10% tax on the amount, and you will get not currency (EURO or else) but FEC which is no value if you leave Myanmar. So practically, no transfer possible to a Myanmar Bank.
Bank transfert outside Myanmar but for a Myanmar business, friend etc..
Be very careful, the US embargo apply on every bank everywhere, even if you transfert EURO from Paris to Singapore.
Never mention something related to Myanmar in your bank transfert detail (do not mention Myanmar, yangon burma etc;;;) otherwise your transfert will be block and / or keep by the US governement.
Credit card - Pratical situation - what
you can do - How to use your credit card
It is sometimes possible to use a credit card in Myanmar but the general
rule is that you can not use it. If you want to use
your credit card (in some specific place
only cf table below ) you have to accept a not very regular procedure.
We strongly advice you to calculate your budget with cash
or paiement to your travel agent. Use the credit card operation
for emergeny (whenever it is possible) or for last minute
gift in Yangon.
Somes hotels and somes shop (a few, cf table below)) accept to take a manual
print of your credit card with the amount in Thaï or
Singapore currency (which it is not autorized by Visa). They
will send the print abroad and get the fund.
This is working, it is not very regular and it will cost you
4 to 5 %.
Airlines
Whatever the company and the solution you propose, they do
not accept credit card.
Hotels
Pansea, Summit, Tharabar gate and other main hotels accept
your visa card with Monnex system in Singapore. Jewellery shop, hotels shop (Pansea, Park
Royal..) are also accepting the Visa credit card via the above
procedure.
Currently it is working, until when ????
If you do not want to carry to much cash, work with your local
travel agent or with Ananda Travel Yangon (we have official
travel agency bank account).
The list below is valid at May 2009. Be careful anyway, the hotel can accept credit card ONLY if the Internet connexion is working, so you are not always sure that it will work everytime (internet is not reliable in Myanmar).
Hotel Name |
City |
Credit card |
Fees to pay |
Monney advance |
Remark |
| Governor's Residence |
Yangon |
Visa, Master |
5% |
100$~200$ 7% |
For hotel guest only. |
| Savoy |
Yangon |
Visa, Master |
3.5%~4.5% |
No |
Fees will vary witht the change rate in Singapore. |
| Kandawgyi Palace |
Yangon |
Visa, Master |
4% +S$ exchange rate |
No |
For hotel guest only and the fees will change with the SIngapore change rate. |
| Strand |
Yangon |
Visa, Master |
5% |
100$~200$ 10% |
Hotel guest only |
| Mandalay Hill Resort |
Mandalay |
No |
|
|
|
| Rupar Mandalar |
Mandalay |
No |
|
|
|
| Sedona |
Mandalay |
Visa, Master |
4,5% |
200$~300$ 7.6% |
|
| Thiripyitsaya Sakura |
Bagan |
Visa, Master |
5% |
No |
|
| Tharabar Gate |
Bagan |
Visa, Master |
8% ,9% |
100$~500$ 10% |
Internal use $50~$100 9% , Above $100 8% |
| Aureum Hotel |
Bagan |
No |
|
|
|
| Inle Princess Resort |
Inle |
Visa, Master |
5% |
No |
|
| Inle Resort Hotel |
Inle |
No |
|
|
|
| Inle Lake View Hotel |
Inle |
No |
|
|
|
| Amazing Hotel |
Ngapali |
No |
|
|
|
| Sandoway Resort Hotel |
Ngapali |
No |
|
|
|
| Aureum Palace Hotel |
Ngapali |
No |
|
|
|
| Palm Beach Hotel |
Ngwe Saung |
No |
|
|
|
| Bay of Bengal |
Ngwe Saung |
No |
|
|
|
| Aureum |
Ngwe Saung |
No |
|
|
|
Cash withdraw - ATM
t is totally impossible to withdraw cash in Myanmar with a credit card,there is no ATM, and you can not transfert funds in a local bank to get cash, and that you can not use travellers cheques in Myanmar.
|
