Currency rates (added every week or two).

[drifand]

Good for people who want to pay off stuff in Nippon yasan ATM.
I am unsure if we will get any better.

[griffin]

The AU$ has been pretty flat in the last couple months against most of the currencies... which is probably a good thing after a period of decline that saw it heading towards the mid 60s (US cents) by the end of the year.

As of today, according to xe.com, these are the current rates for AU$1...

- US$ - 0.7104 (down 2c since October, which was 2c up on the August rate)
- GB£ - 0.4674 (slightly down from October but still slightly up from August)
- JP¥ - 87.672 (almost the same as October, which is up 3 yen since August)
- EU€ - 0.6680 (a big rise since August of 5 Euro cents)
- NZ$ - 1.0982 (almost unchanged since August and October)

(bank and paypal rates are 2-3% less than the figures above)

[DELTAprime]

- US$ - 0.7104 (down 2c since October, which was 2c up on the August rate)

I think the Comm Bank is ripping me off, the other day the exchange rate they gave me was around 67c, that's rather low when the normal rate is over 70c.

[Megatran]

I think the Comm Bank is ripping me off, the other day the exchange rate they gave me was around 67c, that's rather low when the normal rate is over 70c.

They are the most profiable of the Big 4 for a reason.

[griffin]

Considering the AU$ has been at 72 US cents for a couple weeks now, and 73 since yesterday, they shouldn't be charging a 5 cent difference.

[TAAUBlaster]

The banks always have a lower rate than market rate. Same way Paypal does.
Still, 5 cents is a bit much.

Buying cash there is a fairly big discrepancy between market rate and the sale rate.

[jazzcomp]

Use 28degMC, better rates than paypal and no foreign transaction fees.

[DELTAprime]

Use 28degMC, better rates than paypal and no foreign transaction fees.

Where do you get a 28 degrees card from? I've seen people on Whirlpool mention using it to buy games from the foreign versions of the Xbox store.

[TAAUBlaster]

http://www.28degreescard.com.au/ is probably the best place to start.

I've been meaning to get one, but I don't know if my wallet can hold another card

[drifand]

http://www.28degreescard.com.au/ is probably the best place to start.

I've been meaning to get one, but I don't know if my wallet can hold another card

Same here.

Stating that, is a weigh up as other credit cards do give rewards so you do get back money for what you pay.

You need to weigh up which is the better way to go.

I found it surprising that Amax from commbank gave better rate than my mastercard from the same bank.