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From: gam@amdahl.UUCP (G A Moffett)
Newsgroups: net.travel
Subject: Re: Foreign exchange
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Date: Thu, 25-Apr-85 16:38:21 EDT
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> > How does one go about obtaining foreign currency when planning
> > a trip?  Or is it better to wait and change money in the visited
> > country?
> 
> The best rates are actually gotten by using American credit cards
> because they get converted at high volume rates.
> 
> 					Keith Vetter
> 					Dartmouth College

This is a good point; I forgot about this.  I am getting my
AE bills from my stay in Paris and the exchange rate AE uses is
much better than any bank/exchange I saw in Paris.  Of course,
for some things you still need cash, like taxis, and not all
restaurants take cards, but you are better off using your plastic
as much as possible.
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Gordon A. Moffett		...!{ihnp4,hplabs,sun}!amdahl!gam