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Re: [93attendees] Airport "ATMs"

"Ben Campbell" <ben@nostrum.com> Sat, 18 July 2015 10:47 UTC

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Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2015 12:47:13 +0200
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I used a Travelex machine before I saw the other machines. It offered an 
option withdraw USD (letting travelex do the exchange) or to directly 
withdraw CSK. I assumed (as an educated guess) that the second would be 
the better option.

On 18 Jul 2015, at 11:21, Ray Bellis wrote:

> It seems that many of the "ATMs" in the Airport are actually
> multicurrency exchange machines operated by TravelEx, and don't give 
> as
> good a rate as you should be able to get from the real bank machines
> that are also available post security.
>
> The one I tried yesterday offered me CZK at around 0.0285 GBP per CZK
> compared to a current bank rate of 0.0257
>
> Ray
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