English guides put the customs check at 75,000 won. No Korean government page we checked sets one: the airport kiosk decides.
Topic
Paying for things
Cards, cash, transit money and the counters where a foreign card still fails.
- Korea tax refund: the kiosk sends you to customs, not a ₩75,000 ruleVerified
- Foreign cards buy a Seoul subway ticket, not a T-money top-upVerified
Seoul's new subway kiosks take Visa and Mastercard for tickets and Climate Card passes, at a 3.7% fee. The plastic T-money card is the one they will not fill.
- Climate Card payback: foreign residents claim on paper by 30 SeptemberVerified
Seoul's Climate Card payback is counted per charge, not per month, and a foreign resident claims it on a paper form that closes on 30 September.
