I am looking into using Amazon S3 and I live in the UK and have a UK credit card.It seems that Amazon bills in $s, my bank will change me for the exchange from  to $ and this means it will likely cost me more in those charges than actually using S3.Is there a way to pay in ?
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While I cannot find any documented page on AWS documentation to confirm this, from personal experience I can verify that unfortunately it is not currently possible to pay Amazon Web Services in GBP (), or any currency other than USD ($) for that matter.I'm also a UK-based AWS customer and can confirm that in addition to the exchange rate, the UK banks (e.g. Barclays, HSBC) also charge a transaction fee for all non-GBP transactions, typically 2.75% on debit card transactions and 2.99% on credit card transactions. To give an example, recent bank statement entries of mine show:Date         Description                                           Paid Out ()-------------------------------------------------------------------------------03 Nov 2014  NON-STERLING TRANSACTION FEE                          0.04-------------------------------------------------------------------------------03 Nov 2014  Amazon Web Services aws.amazon.co WA                  1.37             02.19 USD @ 1.5985             Visa Exchange Rate-------------------------------------------------------------------------------So while it is not possible to pay in GBP I have found the non-sterling transaction fees to be low enough that it has not been an issue (mine above on credit card at 2.99%).Until around November 2013 they used to just bundle their fee into the exchange rate so you couldn't tell how much the bank were charging and the true details of the currency exchange but the Financial Conduct Authority changed has forced the banks to be more transparent (see Conduct of Business Requirements Q7-9 for details).