Banking question - Paying for flights using £ or Canadian $?

socks_uk

Update: Thank you for everyone's replies.  I went into Nationwide and asked them for the SWIFT and BAC codes and they helped me brilliantly.
I have since applied for an international money transfer for $2500 Canadian (the maximum in a single transaction) and the £££s arrived in my Nationwide account this morning so I set up another transfer to cover the rest of the tickets.
Hopefully by this time next week we'll have booked our holiday to visit the in-laws!

eskbanker

socks_uk said:

I have since applied for an international money transfer for $2500 Canadian (the maximum in a single transaction) and the £££s arrived in my Nationwide account this morning so I set up another transfer to cover the rest of the tickets.

Out of curiosity, what exchange rate and charges were involved in doing this, i.e. how many £££s arrived in your Nationwide account?