Does anyone know if you can walk into a bank with your USA ATM card and passport, and request $250 US dollars without going through the exchange of bahts to dollars and without a Thai bank fee?

How do you expect Thai banks to make money?

How do you expect Thai banks to make money?

They now charge the 150 baht that many people don't seem to mind paying. I for one use fee free Aeon or use my fee free atm cards.

But to seriously answer your humorous question, you supposedly can make a teller withdrawal of thai baht with a passport and atm card without a Thai fee so I was curious if you can do the same thing except get the money in US cash without doing a foreign exchange.

No you can't. And getting dollars is a hassle. Better to go to the Airport.

USD are freely available in neighboring countries.

No you can't. And getting dollars is a hassle. Better to go to the Airport.

USD are freely available in neighboring countries.

FYI-

If you are near the Sukhumvit area, the exchange facility located at Sukhumvit Soi 7/1 on the East corner of the intersection has very reasonable rates. Cheaper than I have been able to find at the airport, over the years I have saved a good amount of money using this location.