New Exchange Rate On Wednesday

[demokritos]

Visa cards are updated now

https://usa.visa.com/support/consumer/travel-support/exchange-rate-calculator.html/?fromCurr=USDUnited+States+Dollar&toCurr=ARSArgentine+Peso&fee=0&exchangedate=12%2F19%2F2015&submitButton.x=157&submitButton.y=17&submitButton=Calculate+Exchange+Rates

 

[bostoniano]

Has anyone taken money out of the ATM and then checked their online banking to see what exchange rate was given? I have a Wells Fargo debit card and when I called them they said the exchange rate depends on the ATM network. My card says Visa on the front and has a Plus logo on the back, which suggests that I would use the Plus network (which seems to be part of Visa). However most ATMs in this country are Banelco ATMS. So does ATM network mean Plus or Banelco? I couldn't find anything online about Banelco exchange rates.

Also, (and I know this has been bought up before many times on this forum but I wanted to hear the latest information) has anyone found a way to get more than 1700 pesos per withdrawal out of the ATMs. I heard that Citybank would allow you to withdrawal more but I tried and no luck. I am not in Buenos Aires but in Tucuman, so it might be different here. The ATM fees kill me and the Xoom partner here isn't doing transfers anymore.

 

[rrptownley]

To get more pesos out go to the bank teller with your passport or DNI.

 

[trennod]

Bostonio do you live in Tucuman? My partner is a Tucumána...

 

[jbhenson]

So any word on what the exchange rate is when you take money out of ATM's?

 

[bostoniano]

Bostonio do you live in Tucuman? My partner is a Tucumána...

trennod: Yup, I have been up here about 6 years now. The mountains are nice and all that, but its not like BA!

Also regarding this ATM withdrawl matter, there is another thread open here: http://baexpats.org/topic/34672-atm-withdrawals-schwab-cards-and-the-new-exchange-rate/

 

[r2d2]

So any word on what the exchange rate is when you take money out of ATM's?

BNA today with Schwab debit card ~ 13.24. http://baexpats.org/topic/34672-atm-withdrawals-schwab-cards-and-the-new-exchange-rate/page__st__10

 

[ElQueso]

I haven't tried to take money out of ATMs yet, but I did make two purchases today with the same debit card from BOA.

Starbucks: 13.14
Yenny: 12.75

I made the purchases within about 30 minutes of each other. Very strange that the same card from the same bank would give me two different rates so far apart - .49 difference. The peso has been rising today, maybe I hit some kind of cut-off with the rate of exchange or something between the two purchases. The first at Starbuck's was made just before 6:00 here and the other was after 6:00.

But on a lighter note (for me, anyway) - I changed money today and got 13.75 at my favorite arbolito, right at the sell rate that ambito.com publishes, while the official rate is at 12.86.