alicia1506
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Oooh, I will go check that out!
Thanks Alicia!!!
Go to www.virginaustralia.com.au then scroll to the bottom of the page. There is a travel extras section which includes a currency exchange link
Oooh, I will go check that out!
Thanks Alicia!!!
Kids cashed in their moneyboxes today. Seriously how hard is it to get a bank to want to give three kids under 11 some service And encouragement when it comes to understanding foreign exchange. They had counted and bagged it and btw the three of them had $1200 to convert. Guy had no customer service. Complained about having to count money as they had watched bagged their own separately and was then going to charge a fee to check it. Conversion rate he was giving was so lousy and I had to wait five days for the cash so I took their counted money from the "community bank" and went to travelex to get real notes in real time. Have to say they are getting excited.
Real notes in real time spent real quick!
note Andona..I am getting my $$$$ this week, so please please please concentrate on ponies and puppies...
queenie82 said:Well that was interesting...
I've been needing to get CHF (you guys can all google what currency that is ) for a while now but given it isn't on my travel card list of currencies I've been trying to decide weather to go to a hole in a wall near my office or auspost...
So I came on here to see what websites you've been using
I went to viginaustralia and used that link....offer?? 95.1 no thanks...
went to auspost.com.au...offer...98.1 better...me take that thank you
Now I'll just go bpay that and I'll have it mostly sorted. Might get some more as 2/5ths of what I've just gotten will go just to accom for just 2 nights but we'll see as it is pitched against the Euro so I can also convert the Euros I have...
But my point in all of this is that the offers from BASICALLY the same company...can VARY A LOT!!!
We have a few Swiss francs left over from our trip last year, which I think is amazing as everything in that country is so damned expensive!!
Aust post were offering the best rates for US$ last week too ( out of all the sites I checked) . Good service
Andona
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dabecs said:Commonwealth bank let you choose denominations, takes a week at a local branch or immediately at city branch. So I am getting $100 changed into small this week
We have a few Swiss francs left over from our trip last year, which I think is amazing as everything in that country is so damned expensive!!
Aust post were offering the best rates for US$ last week too ( out of all the sites I checked) . Good service
Andona
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Lol. Well I got another batch and I hope I have some left over but at the same time I will buy nice things if I see them that are (reasonable haha) value because I know I won't be back to this part soon. And parity isn't too bad.
Heck it's like with everything. I've been travelling for twenty years so been in Europe when things were nasty.
I got all my dollars weeks ago when Karen put the wind up me about a possible rate drop. I also have fully loaded our ANZ Travel card so I'm happy to not be looking at it anymore
i just checked with my bank and they're still only offering usd at a rate of $0.998... wth????
it's like they think that if they ignore the exchange rate, maybe it'll eventually drop down to what they think it should be...
so unhappy that we had to cancel, but kinda happy that i don't have to deal with the exchange rate right now...
I'm shopping around at the moment because we want to grab some more cash, and very surprised that Aust Post is offering the best cash rate that i've seen today with no commission.