Talk:United Kingdom/@comment-91.152.194.62-20171113184606/@comment-196.52.39.35-20180206153637

A US Paypal account will work fine to top up a Vodafone UK sim card once you have it. Paypal does have a high currency conversion rate but I look at it as paying for convenience. (Remember to register your sim on vodafone.co.uk and swap your credit for a big value bundle.)

Interestingly, I topped up my Vodafone sim with my American Master Card today. I used a UK address (the address of my favorite hotel) and it went through with no problem. This is ideal since my credit card will give me a better exchange rate and no extra fees. (My card doens't have foreign transaction fees.)

I don't know how well this works for all US credit cards. Just for referrece, I used a Barclay Aviator Red Master Card.