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When
arrived in Montreal airport on Saturday I was going to only change a
small amount at the airport “money changers” and get more downtown
or via my bank card. But
I was told it was a Canadian holiday weekend, so the banks downtown
would be closed until Tuesday. Therefore I exchanged more at the airport.
As
I recall from my trips to Thailand, Philippines and Vancouver, getting
cash from an ATM machine using my bank card was always the best
exchange rate deal. But I
wanted to test the differences here.
When I got downtown, while the banks were closed, the many
moneychanger booths every few blocks on St. Catherine’s Street were
open. There was also a large bank on St Catherine’s street near
Crescent St. with a huge lobby with ATM’s, which was open even
though the bank was closed.
As
a test I exchanged $US for $CAN on the same day from three sources.
Here are the results.
Airport
booth $1.38 |
US $100 = CAN $138 |
|
Downtown
booths: $1.46 |
US $100 = CAN $146 |
It was the same at about six booths I checked |
ATM
Bank Card $1.46 |
US $100 = CAN $146 |
Plus since the bank charged me $2 since a different banks’
ATM.
|
Official
Interbank Rate $1.48. This is the rate most often quoted in financial
publications. But it
reflects the exchange rates between banks usually for transactions of
US $1 million or more. Since
I wasn’t spending that kind of money, it isn’t that
relevant!
This
is the Currency Converter I find so useful. You can personalize
it to always show the currencies you want. I use it to monitor
the Thai baht and Canadian dollar which I think is what the link will
show you also.
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