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Poppy9

I used this checker today to buy Euros. As I needed them today had to be able to collect and cheapest place for me locally was "no 1 currency" which was in my local cash converter shop. However they have a sign up saying they price match any High Street supplier and I had driven past a travel agents that had 1.13 exchange rate which was better than their 1.127. One phonecall to confirm exchange rate and they matched it. :T

Reaper

jonthedog wrote: »

Actually, it is 0.84% still. To quote the Nationwide web site: "The Visa fee increase to 1% scheduled for 1 July will no longer take place and the fee will remain at 0.84%. Consequently Nationwide will also keep the fee at 0.84%."

Thanks for that, I hadn't noticed.

I would suggest that you probably didn't get your burmese currency in advance through travelex...isn't it a closed currency? A stash of emergency dollars (that usually never end up being used) is all you need for backpacking, in the unlikely event you don't encounter a cashpoint within the first few hours of entering.

Yes you are correct. Dollars (pristine ones only for Burma) are the best currency to take when switching between lots of countries - which I get through Travelex.

edda

Could you add a selection button to include/exclude London?

As most of the top rates are always collect only from London location (excluding airports), there are instant exclusions for me - and I suspect a lot of others as well.

Dingomc

Hello, I am new to this forum and was wondering whether there is an API that can be used in a website I own. Does anyone know?
Thanks

GeorgieBL

hey reaper... i was just checking up on Travelex rates as i was a loyal customer at airport for many years (well... everywhere you go you see them!!!) - now checking online, they are pretty bad. I can believe their rates even online are as not as good as even tesco or ice. Thumbs down to travelex for me sorry.

GeorgieBL

what is an api??

mattylll

Apparently Travelex have had a bit of a tough time online. Banks do not tend to let online travel money providers have literally barely any fraud and apparently Travelex had to pull their online products a couple of years ago due to problems and they have only recently got back into the market.

In the meantime Ice have come in and massively increased market share on a price basis.

Lets see what happens next year, should be interesting!

Matt

abhigreen

ICE WATERLOO does offer you a very good rate, however they charge a card transaction fee, even for DEBIT cards. And this without telling me that there will be a charge. Today I see my bank statement, and can see the extra charge applied.

Also, the coupon on the first page of the site is USELESS. They will give the top rate even without it.

Overall, with the debit charge makes ICE the same as other currency providers.

nzseries1

abhigreen wrote: »

ICE WATERLOO does offer you a very good rate, however they charge a card transaction fee, even for DEBIT cards. And this without telling me that there will be a charge. Today I see my bank statement, and can see the extra charge applied.

Are you completely sure that this is a charge by ICE? Have you read Martin's piece about which banks' debit cards charge a fee (which would be nothing to do with ICE)?

I think this is a great tool. I just ordered Swiss Franks online at http://www.thomasexchange.co.uk/ thanks to this tool and it's nice to see I saved myself a few quid compared to if I had've just wandered down to the Post Office like I did last year!

Baldur

nzseries1 wrote: »

Are you completely sure that this is a charge by ICE? Have you read Martin's piece about which banks' debit cards charge a fee (which would be nothing to do with ICE)?

Quite likely to be the case: