Dollar card/Touist dollar

[Shane]

Can anyone please explain if this still works? If I use my Schwab visa debit card to buy things here, will I get this rate?

 

[antipodean]

Can anyone please explain if this still works? If I use my Schwab visa debit card to buy things here, will I get this rate?

It still exists.
However, the official dollar is now 1000:1 while the MEP is 1134:1 - so any exchange rate benefit is now only 13% (less any fees and rates levied by your bank/ issuer).

Exchange rate | Dollar Foreign Tourists

If you travel to Argentina, make all your purchases with your Visa, you pay safely and with an exclusive dollar rate for foreign tourists. Learn more!

www.visa.com.ar

 

[Rich One]

Don't understand the statement in the link above..?

"This preferential rate applies to all transactions made with credit, debit or prepaid Visa cards issued abroad, as of December 15, 2022 and during the term that this system is in full force and effect."

 

[antipodean]

Don't understand the statement in the link above..?

"This preferential rate applies to all transactions made with credit, debit or prepaid Visa cards issued abroad, as of December 15, 2022 and during the term that this system is in full force and effect."

Remains in effect indefinitely since 15 December 2022 for (Visa) cards issued outside Argentina.

 

[AdrianB]

But tourist dollar is something else. That one applies to cards issued in Argentina.