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Re: [93attendees] Airport "ATMs"

Ray Bellis <ray@isc.org> Sat, 18 July 2015 11:30 UTC

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On 18/07/2015 12:47, Ben Campbell wrote:
> 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.

As far as I can recall, I wasn't offered the former, and the relatively
poor exchange rate I saw on-screen was based on the latter.

[that is, having recognised that my card is a GBP card, it "helpfully"
told me what the expected cost of the withdrawal would be].

Ray

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