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anorak
30-05-2007, 13:54
Buy anything at the moment in the Duty Free Shop at Gatwick and pay in US$ cash (or US$ travellers cheques) and they will charge you at $1.75 to the pound.

Thus a £20 item costs you $35. You should get up to $39 for £20 if you buy your foreign exchange right.

There is a small advert in World of Whiskies, but I could not see anything at the main dutyfree shop advertising it.But they do it without question.

Anyway I saved a further fiver on 2 bottles of single malt scotch, and that was on top of the £10 off for buying two.

I'm happy.
Robert5988
30-05-2007, 16:08
So if you give them a US$100 Travellers Cheque, for a £10 purchase, will they give you your change in £Sterling @ $1.75 = £1[msnwink]
anorak
31-05-2007, 04:21
Maximum change £9.99
ccarcher
31-05-2007, 15:34
Not such a good deal then [msncry]
caroline
31-05-2007, 15:43
<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by ccarcher
Not such a good deal then [msncry]
[/quote]

Why? You don't have to use a $100 TC to pay
Katys Grandad
31-05-2007, 21:09
Sounds a good deal if you're buying Duty Free anyway.