If you have an Amex cards, you can go to their offices (I think there is one on University in PA) and get currency exchanged.
Best, Glenn On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 10:39 AM, Adrienne Foster<[email protected]> wrote: > > I usually use ATMs once I'm at a foreign destination, but I like to have > some cash on hand when I get off the plane. Now that the Canadian dollar is > worth $1.09US, I would like to exchange it before it gets higher. > > Adrienne > > ________________________________ > From: Glenn Glazer <[email protected]> > To: Adrienne Foster <[email protected]> > Cc: BASFA <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 10:28:59 AM > Subject: Re: [Basfa] Fw: Canadian exchange rates > > There has been a fair amount of discussion on this topic over the > years. It has been my experience that one gets the best conversion > rates from credit cards (in particular, Amex) and ATMs. If you do the > ATM thing, two pieces of advice: > > 1) many charge by transaction rather than as a percentage of withdrawl > amount, so it is best to try and guess how much you'll need and get it > in one shot. > 2) if you have joint checking and savings, international ATMs > sometimes lack the ability to choose accounts, so make sure you have > covering funds in BOTH accounts. > > Best, > > Glenn > > On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 10:23 AM, Adrienne Foster<[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> For those of us who are attending Anticipation: >> >> The Canadian dollar has been steadily rising in value all week and at the >> moment is worth more than the American. >> >> http://www.xe.com/ >> >> At this stage, it might be worth paying your bank the service charges to >> save the money on the exchange rate. >> >> Adrienne >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Basfa mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.basfa.org/listinfo.cgi/basfa-basfa.org >> >> > _______________________________________________ Basfa mailing list [email protected] http://lists.basfa.org/listinfo.cgi/basfa-basfa.org
