foreign transaction fee

[conma2cang]

i bough a Spotify gfit card US online version and my credit card viewed the Spotify charge as a foreign transaction from London and they charged a "foreign transaction fee". 

(I also have a monthly premium spotify account and my credit card doesn't charge any additional "foreign transaction fee")

does anyone else have this problem? 

[Sam]

Conma2cang - This amount is reserved from your bank account in order to authorise your credit card after you've updated the card details or made a payment on our website. This is an authorisation only. It means that this amount will be reserved for between 3 - 5 days, and then will be released. The amount is not debited and no money will be taken. If it's a subscription, you'll be billed again as normal on your renewal date.

[victoriamahr]

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@Sam wrote:
Conma2cang - This amount is reserved from your bank account in order to authorise your credit card after you've updated the card details or made a payment on our website. This is an authorisation only. It means that this amount will be reserved for between 3 - 5 days, and then will be released. The amount is not debited and no money will be taken. If it's a subscription, you'll be billed again as normal on your renewal date.

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What do you mean by "It means that this amount will be reserved for between 3 - 5 days, and then will be released."?  Does this mean that my credit card will be credited to offset the foreign transaction fees?

[Peter__]

Did you purchase a gift card or set up a recurring subscription @victoriamahr ?