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Flying to Zurich, best place to get Swiss francs, Euros ???
I'll be flying from Chicago O'Hare to Zurich, staying few days,
driving into southern Germany for visits to relatives, and then driving back and leaving for the USA from Zurich. All in 10 days. Wha'ts the best/cheapest way to get Swiss Francs and Euros? |
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Flying to Zurich, best place to get Swiss francs, Euros ???
Your credit card in an ATM.
You won't get much with your feeble $ though... "hr(bob) " a écrit dans le message de ... I'll be flying from Chicago O'Hare to Zurich, staying few days, driving into southern Germany for visits to relatives, and then driving back and leaving for the USA from Zurich. All in 10 days. Wha'ts the best/cheapest way to get Swiss Francs and Euros? |
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Flying to Zurich, best place to get Swiss francs, Euros ???
On Jan 4, 12:45*pm, "hr(bob) "
wrote: I'll be flying from Chicago O'Hare to Zurich, staying few days, driving into southern Germany for visits to relatives, and then driving back and leaving for the USA from Zurich. *All in 10 days. Wha'ts the best/cheapest way to get Swiss Francs and Euros? Don't use your credit card and some others have suggested. Use your bank ATM card. Be sure to find a bank that won't charge you an arm and a leg to use the ATM card on off network machines. I have an account with Schwab bank and they don't charge any fees for using any bank ATM machine. |
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Flying to Zurich, best place to get Swiss francs, Euros ???
On Sun, 4 Jan 2009 12:45:26 -0800 (PST), "hr(bob) "
wrote: I'll be flying from Chicago O'Hare to Zurich, staying few days, driving into southern Germany for visits to relatives, and then driving back and leaving for the USA from Zurich. All in 10 days. Wha'ts the best/cheapest way to get Swiss Francs and Euros? Use you ATM card in an ATM machine *after* you arrive in each place. Both the Euro and the Swiss Franc will cost you the least that way. -- Ken Blake Please Reply to the Newsgroup |
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Flying to Zurich, best place to get Swiss francs, Euros ???
Yeah he's right I use the term credit card as a generic word...
"PeterL" a écrit dans le message de ... On Jan 4, 12:45 pm, "hr(bob) " wrote: I'll be flying from Chicago O'Hare to Zurich, staying few days, driving into southern Germany for visits to relatives, and then driving back and leaving for the USA from Zurich. All in 10 days. Wha'ts the best/cheapest way to get Swiss Francs and Euros? Don't use your credit card and some others have suggested. Use your bank ATM card. Be sure to find a bank that won't charge you an arm and a leg to use the ATM card on off network machines. I have an account with Schwab bank and they don't charge any fees for using any bank ATM machine. |
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Flying to Zurich, best place to get Swiss francs, Euros ???
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, PeterL wrote: On Jan 4, 12:45*pm, "hr(bob) " wrote: I'll be flying from Chicago O'Hare to Zurich, staying few days, driving into southern Germany for visits to relatives, and then driving back and leaving for the USA from Zurich. *All in 10 days. Wha'ts the best/cheapest way to get Swiss Francs and Euros? Don't use your credit card and some others have suggested. Use your bank ATM card. Be sure to find a bank that won't charge you an arm and a leg to use the ATM card on off network machines. I have an account with Schwab bank and they don't charge any fees for using any bank ATM machine. Yeah many credit unions and brokerages will refund any ATM fees. There are also credit cards which charge no or lower currency conversion fees than others. For instance, Schwab just launched a Visa card which promises no currency conversion fees plus 2% unlimited cash back credited back to a Schwab brokerage account. |
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Flying to Zurich, best place to get Swiss francs, Euros ???
On 4 jan, 21:45, "hr(bob) " wrote:
I'll be flying from Chicago O'Hare to Zurich, staying few days, driving into southern Germany for visits to relatives, and then driving back and leaving for the USA from Zurich. All in 10 days. Wha'ts the best/cheapest way to get Swiss Francs and Euros? Best usually is ATMs - several available at the airport - just check with your bank for the conditions (exchange-rate and/or charges). In addition, at least Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS) and Credit-Suisse (CS) have currency exchange counters at Zurich airport (next to arrival, but also departure area and shopping center one deck below car rental desks - or one deck above airport railway). Major and border railway-stations in Switzerland and airport railway stations (Zurich and Geneva) also provide currency-exchange services. Rates were best (comparted to banks and post offices) some years ago - might have changed since. Outside the airport, you can find ATM not only at bank subsidiares, but also many post offices (postfinance). Most ATMs in Switzerland provide CHF and Euro - check for information on the ATM In border area, shops usually accept both CHF and Euro - but will accept or return coins only in national currency. More interesting when shopping in Germany might be VAT return (19% now) for non EU-residents. Check for procedure if you plan buying more than just a few cheap products you want to bring back home. Have fun .... |
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On Jan 6, 4:48*am, Don Wiss wrote:
On Sun, 4 Jan 2009 "hr(bob) " wrote: I'll be flying from Chicago O'Hare to Zurich, Wha'ts the best/cheapest way to get Swiss Francs and Euros? The last time I went to Zurich I got my cash from an ATM machine in the Zurich train station. I used a credit card to buy my train ticket at the airport. If you are staying in Zurich proper I hope you do plan to take the train. Don www.donwiss.com (e-mail link at home page bottom). I am checking with my two credit card companies today to see which have the lowest fees for overseas transactions, I will use whichever one is best for charging expenses and for getting cash from ATM machines. Been there several times, just didn't know if there was anything new. Thanx to all responders. Bob Hofmann |
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