Oldie Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 Does anyone know a place where I can cash them? Banks that I asked don't take American Express cheques anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
champers Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 I hope, for your sake, that they are high value cheques because the fee went from 30 Baht per cheque cashed to 150 about 6 or 7 years ago. TT money exchanges used to cash them but not sure now. Good luck. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaaSaparot Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 59 minutes ago, Oldie said: Does anyone know a place where I can cash them? Banks that I asked don't take American Express cheques anymore. Are you sure Krung Thai Bank no longer accepts Travellers Cheques? [There is only American Express Cheques nowadays] Some of the crappier banks like Thai Farmers, SCB, Krungsri stopped changing them, but Krung Thai being the Bank of Thailand could always be relied upon. Its been a while since I changed one, but I still have a few £500 cheques that I have kept as emergency back up money. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldie Posted December 22, 2020 Author Share Posted December 22, 2020 50 minutes ago, champers said: I hope, for your sake, that they are high value cheques because the fee went from 30 Baht per cheque cashed to 150 about 6 or 7 years ago. TT money exchanges used to cash them but not sure now. Good luck. TT said no. I know the fee. But you need to be happy if someone takes them. Bought them more than 20 years ago on the Philippines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldie Posted December 22, 2020 Author Share Posted December 22, 2020 2 minutes ago, TaaSaparot said: Are you sure Krung Thai Bank no longer accepts Travellers Cheques? [There is only American Express Cheques nowadays] Some of the crappier banks like Thai Farmers, SCB, Krungsri stopped changing them, but Krung Thai being the Bank of Thailand could always be relied upon. Its been a while since I changed one, but I still have a few £500 cheques that I have kept as emergency back up money. I asked all the banks on the 4th floor of the Central Mall a year ago. There was 1 Bank but it disappeared and I don't remember the name anymore. It was not Krung Thai - is still there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Pilotman Posted December 22, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 22, 2020 good grief, do they still have travellers checks I thought they went out on the 1980s. 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malathione Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 Not in Pattaya but I did have a few old high value leftovers encashed at SCB and at Krung Thai about a year ago. Both main branches in the town I live in and both branches where I have accounts, though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dabhand Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 You have possibly already checked the Amex website, but it indicates a whole raft of encashment locations. But it has the get out comment of 'may not be 100% accurate'!! https://travelers-cheques.americanexpress.com/en-th/travel/travelers-cheques/locator 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldie Posted December 22, 2020 Author Share Posted December 22, 2020 2 minutes ago, dabhand said: You have possibly already checked the Amex website, but it indicates a whole raft of encashment locations. But it has the get out comment of 'may not be 100% accurate'!! https://travelers-cheques.americanexpress.com/en-th/travel/travelers-cheques/locator I did not know this site. Thank you for the link. Will check the banks the next days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 27 minutes ago, Oldie said: Bought them more than 20 years ago on the Philippines. Crikey..... you might have to go to an Amex Office, I did a check on the internet and got https://travelers-cheques.americanexpress.com/en-th/travel/travelers-cheques/locator Kasikornbank 428-429 Central Festival Shopping Center Bldg, 333/99 Moo 9 Pattaya Sai 1 Road, Nong Prue, Bang Lamung, Chon Buri, 20260 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldie Posted December 22, 2020 Author Share Posted December 22, 2020 1 minute ago, jacko45k said: Crikey..... you might have to go to an Amex Office, I did a check on the internet and got https://travelers-cheques.americanexpress.com/en-th/travel/travelers-cheques/locator Kasikornbank 428-429 Central Festival Shopping Center Bldg, 333/99 Moo 9 Pattaya Sai 1 Road, Nong Prue, Bang Lamung, Chon Buri, 20260 I will check the next days. Kasikorn there I avoid if I can because there are always many people. But I have an account there and also at the Bangkok Bank (that said no last time when I asked). Krungsri said no today again. It is not my last money. I am old and I think these several thousand of dollars in travelers checks will be lost if people inherit it. Better give them cash. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maimeephom Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 Last March, I managed to change AMEX T/Cs at The Bangkok Bank, upstairs in in Central. Everywhere else I tried, declined. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattaya Spotter Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 (edited) On 12/22/2020 at 2:59 PM, TaaSaparot said: Are you sure Krung Thai Bank no longer accepts Travellers Cheques? [There is only American Express Cheques nowadays] Some of the crappier banks like Thai Farmers, SCB, Krungsri stopped changing them, but Krung Thai being the Bank of Thailand could always be relied upon. Its been a while since I changed one, but I still have a few £500 cheques that I have kept as emergency back up money. How are they backup money if no one will cash them? My "back up" money is actual money (a few U.S. "Benjamins.") Edited December 24, 2020 by Pattaya Spotter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobra Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 A lot of counterfeiting went on with Traveler Checks in the past which made a lot of the merchants and banks wary of them. Most high end hotels will still cash them if you're staying there, Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 39 minutes ago, Pattaya Spotter said: How are they backup money if no one will cash them? My "back up" money is actual money (a few U.S. "Benjamins.") I too used to carry them as back-up money, a few thousand USD in Amex Travelers cheques. Once countersigned they could be used like cash in the USA. With the added ability to use them in other countries. Easy to use in South America too. Times have changed. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattaya Spotter Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 2 minutes ago, jacko45k said: I too used to carry them as back-up money, a few thousand USD in Amex Travelers cheques. Once countersigned they could be used like cash in the USA. With the added ability to use them in other countries. Easy to use in South America too. Times have changed. Maybe collector's item now...worth more than face value if sold on Ebay ???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aliflair Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 Maybe try deposit them to your THB account. Could take a long time to clear but better than tearing them up if banks won't exchange them for cash. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaaSaparot Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 5 hours ago, Aliflair said: Maybe try deposit them to your THB account. Could take a long time to clear but better than tearing them up if banks won't exchange them for cash. Would be far better just calling American Express and let them sort it out, than those options. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvdf Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 I can still very much remember when I last used them: in Basel in 1997 to pay for a Swiss watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spatiumus Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 On 12/22/2020 at 2:59 PM, TaaSaparot said: ...Krung Thai being the Bank of Thailand... For the record, KTB is not the Bank of Thailand. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
globalspark Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 If you are going back home cash them in and get yourself some form of a credit card. Travellers Cheques are now useless and the last lot I had I cashed in at Singapore and not without a few dramas as my hand writting had changed. Now I am talking about over 10 years ago i used my last lot up. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldie Posted December 24, 2020 Author Share Posted December 24, 2020 1 minute ago, globalspark said: If you are going back home cash them in and get yourself some form of a credit card. Travellers Cheques are now useless and the last lot I had I cashed in at Singapore and not without a few dramas as my hand writting had changed. Now I am talking about over 10 years ago i used my last lot up. Yes - the signature problem. I am worried and always nervous when I have to sign them. I almost never write anything with my hand and have been using keyboards since I was young. There I type faster than one can speak. But this doesn't help me when I have to sign the cheques. I expect a drama too.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinca tinca Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 On 12/22/2020 at 2:06 PM, champers said: I hope, for your sake, that they are high value cheques because the fee went from 30 Baht per cheque cashed to 150 about 6 or 7 years ago. TT money exchanges used to cash them but not sure now. Good luck. think YENJIT might change....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phetphet Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 Not Pattaya. I'm in Samui, and I had quite a lot of Amex travellers cheques. The only bank that I found that would change them was Bangkok Bank. I still have a few that I have not bothered to change because with the exchange rate and commission it's hardly worth it. I was in the bank branch two weeks ago and told the lady that always served me, " I still have some cheques for you to change." She laughed so I am hoping all will be OK when I eventually do decide to change them. Another way. You could take them back to your country if / when you next visit and ask the issuer to cash them in. HTH. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cnx355 Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 If not possible to cash them, go to the Bangkok Amex office. A short bus ride from Pattaya. Better get rid of travelers check . Put the money in the bank or buy gold bullion in a reputable gold shop or crypto coin. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spatiumus Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 On 12/22/2020 at 1:52 PM, Oldie said: Does anyone know a place where I can cash them? Banks that I asked don't take American Express cheques anymore. Speak to Amex here...https://www.americanexpress.com/th/en/cust_svce/contactingus.shtml/ Contacting Us Use our index of important phone numbers to call American Express® Customer Service directly about any of our services. Important American Express phone numbers for Thailand resident American Express (Thai) co., Ltd. 0 2273 5500 Cardmember Hotlines (24-hour service every day) American Express® Card 0 2273 5544 American Express® Gold and Business Card 0 2273 5555 American Express® Platinum Card 0 2273 5599 American Express® Credit Card 0 2273 5999 THAI American Express® Platinum Credit Card 0 2273 5005 American Express® Corporate Card 0 2273 5566 Other Services Hotlines Authorization 0 2273 5522 (24-hour service every day) Account Services 0 2273 5050 (Monday - Friday, 8.30 am - 5.00 pm) Merchant Service Center 0 2273 5100 (Monday - Friday, 8.30 am - 5.00 pm) Traveller Cheques 0 2273 5296 (24-hour service every day) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattaya Spotter Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Spatiumus said: Traveller Cheques 0 2273 5296 (24-hour service every day) I'm surprised AmEx still has a dedicated TC service line...they actually still sell these archaic relics or is it only for legacy customers. What's the use scenario for anyone lending money interest free to AmEx these days? Edited December 26, 2020 by Pattaya Spotter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LomSak27 Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 Just now, Pattaya Spotter said: I'm surprised AmEx still has a dedicated TC line...they actually still sell these things archaic relics. What's the use scenario for anyone lending money interest free to AmEx these days? Given how countries tap into ATM's with egregious fees, I thought these archaic relics might have a second life. However for travellers not expats. Is Thailand still whacking off 200 Baht per ATM transaction, or has it gone up? OP if you have a bank account here, go to your bank branch, give it to them. I've had personal and business checks from US & SA cashed on my old Krungthai account. You won't get the money tell it clears but should not be a problem. If you get that "no do that - cannot" be polite, get the the manager, don't tolerate lazy ----s.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldie Posted December 26, 2020 Author Share Posted December 26, 2020 22 minutes ago, LomSak27 said: Given how countries tap into ATM's with egregious fees, I thought these archaic relics might have a second life. However for travellers not expats. Is Thailand still whacking off 200 Baht per ATM transaction, or has it gone up? OP if you have a bank account here, go to your bank branch, give it to them. I've had personal and business checks from US & SA cashed on my old Krungthai account. You won't get the money tell it clears but should not be a problem. If you get that "no do that - cannot" be polite, get the the manager, don't tolerate lazy ----s.. Don't laugh at me now. I was always waiting that the Baht goes down before I cash them... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaaSaparot Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 1 hour ago, Pattaya Spotter said: I'm surprised AmEx still has a dedicated TC service line...they actually still sell these archaic relics or is it only for legacy customers. What's the use scenario for anyone lending money interest free to AmEx these days? Still probably the safest way of carrying cash when travelling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now