I opened a CA Britiline account last year and I'm only charged for the Mastercard. When the chap from Caen phoned to set up the account he mentioned about a 5Euro/month charge for extra services (I think it also covered insurance on the card) and I chose not to opt for it. I think this maybe the monthly charge that some of you mention. However, I still have free internet access to the account, regular statements etc. My only problem (and it's not specific to CA or Britline) is that I'm still based in UK and need to pay relatively small amounts (£500-£1000) into the account at a time which my UK bank charges a fortune for, the currency companies don't seem interested in sums like this so I end up buying traveller's cheques and posting them which is a faff because of the limits on the value of mail imposed by the Post Office. Doea anyone know of a better way? Thanks Val3