<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by blott
I got 1.99 last week with my Nationwide credit card.
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Actually so did I, but I think the OP is referring to a currency exchange offer in the UK. Nobody will be getting anything close to $1.99 through that route today nor in fact through a Nationwide card.

Thomas Cook's rate for today is $1.88.