How can I redeem old travellers cheques

wulfpete

During a recent tidy up at home I discovered that I still have some travellers cheques from the 1990s. I have tried to redeem that at my bank, but they refused.
I got the same response from the Post Office and from a travel agent. Where can I get them redeemed ?

sheramber

Have you contacted the company who issued them?

shykins

we had both barclays and american express ones.   the Barclays ones were redeemed in the bank, once they found someone who knew what they were lol.   
the american express ones we had to contact them and after some proof of who we were etc via a video link they credited them back to us

TELLIT01

Link to American Express page to redeem TCs online. https://www.americanexpress.com/uk/travel/travellers-cheques/

I also discovered that Eurochange will accept AE travellers cheques.  Apparently they stopped doing so, but recently restarted.  I'll be heading there tomorrow with mine.

Ganga

You could always frame them and hang them on the wall ,would make an interesting talking point for visitors.

Worried_fool

The last time I exchanged Travellers' Cheques was in Cambodia. Probably they still accept them there.

jimbo6977

We used some AMEX travellers cheques dated appx 1990 on our honeymoon in Honolulu in 2015. By chance a restaurant presented the bill in a faux leather wallet thing with "We accept AMEX Travellers Cheques" inscribed on it. 

wulfpete

The company who issued them were Thomas Cook who no longer exist. Will anyone else accept and redeem them ?

TELLIT01

Are they also marked as American Express?  I have just cashed in some with Lloyds Bank plus AE on them at Eurochange.  They were happy to take them as long as they did also say AE.  The lady who dealt with them had never had to deal with travellers cheques, had problems with her computer hanging, and had to do all the work over the phone to another office.  She remained smiling and cheerful throughout.  That's good customer service and I came away with over £120 - happy days.

sheramber

Try Travelex

https://www.travelex.co.uk/services/travellers-cheques