currency rate again...

[carolfoy]

Anyone getting better than $1.82?

 

[Booknut]

thomasexchange.co.uk are doing 1.8522 which is quite good, they always have the better rates in the UK.

 

[Lobey]

Marks and Spencer are offering 1.83...

 

[lorapinky]

Hi

I just checked HSBC for you as last week they were 1.84 but they have dropped to 1.82 now, sorry!

 

[mikki.young]

Citibank are 1.8685 at the moment to put dollars into dollar account.

 

[Groovee]

I got 1.84 last week on my dollars for NY. But it's dropped a fair bit now.

 

[Disney D]

I got mine today, $1.83 at M&S, I'm happy with that, even if they go up a bit.

 

[Twilight Terror]

When I checked end of last week, the post office was 1.82. Which of the above mentioned locations charge commission? I'd prefer to get $0.02 less for my £1 if it means I don't have to pay extra on top.

 

[Disney D]

When I checked end of last week, the post office was 1.82. Which of the above mentioned locations charge commission? I'd prefer to get $0.02 less for my £1 if it means I don't have to pay extra on top.

Go to M & S, they don't charge anything.

 

[Twilight Terror]

You know I might just do that seeing as I was gonna use my &More card! It'll be cheaper than taking out the cash and then changing it! Thanks for the tip

 

[TraceyL]

Compare Travel Money is good for checking rates

 

[Laurafoster]

So glad i paid of my wedding before the rate dropped! I put everything on my AmEx card and got a great rate of 1.89!! Mind you it was well over $10,000 lol so i needed a good rate!

 

[Twilight Terror]

Well $1.81 or $1.89, it's all a considerable improvement on when I last went to the US! Last time it was a pathetic $1.47

 

[Disney D]

Well $1.81 or $1.89, it's all a considerable improvement on when I last went to the US! Last time it was a pathetic $1.47

I would cry if all I got was $1.47, that's horrendous!

 

[Twilight Terror]

Yes, we weren't too impressed either. It was 1.7-something when we went in 1999, but summer of 2001 seemed to be very bad! Made for working out conversions easy though $1.5 to £1 is much easier to convert than $1.80!

 

[Disney D]

Yes, we weren't too impressed either. It was 1.7-something when we went in 1999, but summer of 2001 seemed to be very bad! Made for working out conversions easy though $1.5 to £1 is much easier to convert than $1.80!

$1.80 is easy to convert too... I only do it roughly. I half it and add a little bit more on and it's just about correct !

 

[Groovee]

Which of the above mentioned locations charge commission? I'd prefer to get $0.02 less for my £1 if it means I don't have to pay extra on top.

Most places are commission free these days. M&S, Thomson and Thomas Cook all offered commission free to me but M&S had the best rate.
I plan to use my nationwide card too as it means I get a far better rate.

 

[Twilight Terror]

$1.80 is easy to convert too... I only do it roughly. I half it and add a little bit more on and it's just about correct !

Yeah, but $1.5 requires very little if no thinking! My head is gonna be full of squeals of excitement to be able to stop for a few minutes and work out in detail $1.80

Most places are commission free these days. M&S, Thomson and Thomas Cook all offered commission free to me but M&S had the best rate.
I plan to use my nationwide card too as it means I get a far better rate.

Really? Wow. I haven't travelled abroad for so long that when I did last travel, everyone charged commission and I remember be very shocked when the Post Office introduced their commission free selling and buy-back scheme. I still find it weird even now that others don't charge

 

[lorapinky]

Is the rate meant to go up again soon?

I am happy I got mine at 1.84 , last year I got them at 1.71

 

[Bozza]

Really? Wow. I haven't travelled abroad for so long that when I did last travel, everyone charged commission and I remember be very shocked when the Post Office introduced their commission free selling and buy-back scheme. I still find it weird even now that others don't charge

They still charge - they just do it in the rates that they offer so that it is largely invisible unless you happen to know the real £-$ exchange rate and not just the tourist rate.