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Re: exchanging USA-Canadian money

garycarson <garycar...@alumni.northwestern.edu>

On Jul 3 2009 7:52 PM, MZB wrote:

> We will be spending a couple of days in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Years ago,
> I used to exchange some American dollars for Canadian at our local bank. I
> would also use my credit cards in Canada and I'd get a good exchange rate.
> Is this still true? I know credit card companies are scrounging for funds,
> so I wonder if they screw you on the exchange rate. Another possibility is
> to exchange American dollars for Canadian at a bank in Windsor (as opposed
> to my local bank).

> So, my question: is there a best way to do this to get the best return and
> should I still use credit cards in Canada (I could just use cash if that
> would work better). Also, what about exchanging funds in the Windsor Casino?

> Mel

If you aren't exchanging in million dollar bundles you'll get screwed.

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