i have a thai bank account but have already paid for the conversion to bath so don't want to pay for second conversion on same money....

1 post deleted. It is a serious and valid question.

While in many countries you cannot get US dollars but only local currency, at airports and such they do sometimes have foreign currency ATM's, just like they have at the airport in BKK and you can get US-dollars there from the ATM.

1 post deleted. It is a serious and valid question.

While in many countries you cannot get US dollars but only local currency, at airports and such they do sometimes have foreign currency ATM's, just like they have at the airport in BKK and you can get US-dollars there from the ATM.

yes in Suvharnaboumi you can take $ € £. but only with foreign cards no Thai ones , and only in the transit zone (zone after immigration by leaving or opposite by arrival , not in the open zone

http://jewie.blogspot.com/2011/02/atms-at-suvarnabhumi-airport.html

Edited May 21, 201313 yr by david555

I learn something new everyday.

ATM's in Lao only give lao kip. If you want US$ you get do a cash advance at the window of most banks.

1 post deleted. It is a serious and valid question.

While in many countries you cannot get US dollars but only local currency, at airports and such they do sometimes have foreign currency ATM's, just like they have at the airport in BKK and you can get US-dollars there from the ATM.

yes in Suvharnaboumi you can take $ € £. but only with foreign cards no Thai ones , and only in the transit zone (zone after immigration by leaving or opposite by arrival , not in the open zone

http://jewie.blogspot.com/2011/02/atms-at-suvarnabhumi-airport.html

You can use local Thai credit / debit cards at the foreign currency ATM's but only those issued by SCB.

I would guess that the reason the Op asked that question is because most ATM's in Cambodia dispense USD.

1 post deleted. It is a serious and valid question.

While in many countries you cannot get US dollars but only local currency, at airports and such they do sometimes have foreign currency ATM's, just like they have at the airport in BKK and you can get US-dollars there from the ATM.

yes in Suvharnaboumi you can take $ € £. but only with foreign cards no Thai ones , and only in the transit zone (zone after immigration by leaving or opposite by arrival , not in the open zone

http://jewie.blogspot.com/2011/02/atms-at-suvarnabhumi-airport.html

You can use local Thai credit / debit cards at the foreign currency ATM's but only those issued by SCB.

I would guess that the reason the Op asked that question is because most ATM's in Cambodia dispense USD.

Yes exactly right i asked because in Cambodia i got USD withdrawls from my forang bank card was hoping for the same in Lao. With one answer comes another question (actually) another 2:

1.) Are you better off using laos kip you withdraw from the ATM than usd?

2.) is the usd better value for money in Lao than the kip? (while i was in cambodia usd was better value for money, Cam money no.2, and thai bath terrible value)

Edited May 21, 201313 yr by Mic Samui

1 post deleted. It is a serious and valid question.

While in many countries you cannot get US dollars but only local currency, at airports and such they do sometimes have foreign currency ATM's, just like they have at the airport in BKK and you can get US-dollars there from the ATM.

yes in Suvharnaboumi you can take $ € £. but only with foreign cards no Thai ones , and only in the transit zone (zone after immigration by leaving or opposite by arrival , not in the open zone

http://jewie.blogspot.com/2011/02/atms-at-suvarnabhumi-airport.html

You can use local Thai credit / debit cards at the foreign currency ATM's but only those issued by SCB.

I would guess that the reason the Op asked that question is because most ATM's in Cambodia dispense USD.

Yes exactly right i asked because in Cambodia i got USD withdrawls from my forang bank card was hoping for the same in Lao. With one answer comes another question (actually) another 2:

1.) Are you better off using laos kip you withdraw from the ATM than usd?

2.) is the usd better value for money in Lao than the kip? (while i was in cambodia usd was better value for money, Cam money no.2, and thai bath terrible value)

Just a note - from my experience there is a limit to the amount you can withdraw from a Lao ATM and, if my memory serves me correctly it is about 2,500 baht with a withdrawal fee of 150 baht. Much better to use ATM withdrawals only in an emergency

 

1 post deleted. It is a serious and valid question.

While in many countries you cannot get US dollars but only local currency, at airports and such they do sometimes have foreign currency ATM's, just like they have at the airport in BKK and you can get US-dollars there from the ATM.

yes in Suvharnaboumi you can take $ € £. but only with foreign cards no Thai ones , and only in the transit zone (zone after immigration by leaving or opposite by arrival , not in the open zone

http://jewie.blogspot.com/2011/02/atms-at-suvarnabhumi-airport.html

You can use local Thai credit / debit cards at the foreign currency ATM's but only those issued by SCB.

I would guess that the reason the Op asked that question is because most ATM's in Cambodia dispense USD.

 

An undying rumor says that Cambodian ATM dispense counterfeit USD. A friend who makes trips to Cambodia and the US has mentioned finding counterfeit notes among those he received in Cambodia/...

 

1 post deleted. It is a serious and valid question.

While in many countries you cannot get US dollars but only local currency, at airports and such they do sometimes have foreign currency ATM's, just like they have at the airport in BKK and you can get US-dollars there from the ATM.

yes in Suvharnaboumi you can take $ € £. but only with foreign cards no Thai ones , and only in the transit zone (zone after immigration by leaving or opposite by arrival , not in the open zone

http://jewie.blogspot.com/2011/02/atms-at-suvarnabhumi-airport.html

You can use local Thai credit / debit cards at the foreign currency ATM's but only those issued by SCB.

I would guess that the reason the Op asked that question is because most ATM's in Cambodia dispense USD.

 

An undying rumor says that Cambodian ATM dispense counterfeit USD. A friend who makes trips to Cambodia and the US has mentioned finding counterfeit notes among those he received in Cambodia/...

Guess it's possible. Some of the local banks in Cambodia have less than salubrious pedigree.

I would find it hard to believe that could happen at a bank like ANZ though.

1 post deleted. It is a serious and valid question.

While in many countries you cannot get US dollars but only local currency, at airports and such they do sometimes have foreign currency ATM's, just like they have at the airport in BKK and you can get US-dollars there from the ATM.

yes in Suvharnaboumi you can take $ € £. but only with foreign cards no Thai ones , and only in the transit zone (zone after immigration by leaving or opposite by arrival , not in the open zone

http://jewie.blogspot.com/2011/02/atms-at-suvarnabhumi-airport.html

NOT true

whenever i fly out i always get US$ from my Thai SCB atm

Note,

ALL Cambodian atm's ( none will give u riel) give u US $$ regardless of the country that's issued ur card.

also ( at least in Phuket) it is very easy to buy unlimited amount of US$ Lats time i brought $12,000 from the scb, only showed my passport

In Lao i just exchange Thai baht to KIp

AS to counterfeit us $$ never have gotten one in 7 years of traveling there nor heard of anyone that had.

Edited May 22, 201313 yr by phuketrichard

Many Gulf ATMs issue US $ but when you do the sums/math you have often paid dearly for the luxury

1 post deleted. It is a serious and valid question.

While in many countries you cannot get US dollars but only local currency, at airports and such they do sometimes have foreign currency ATM's, just like they have at the airport in BKK and you can get US-dollars there from the ATM.

yes in Suvharnaboumi you can take $ € £. but only with foreign cards no Thai ones , and only in the transit zone (zone after immigration by leaving or opposite by arrival , not in the open zone

http://jewie.blogspot.com/2011/02/atms-at-suvarnabhumi-airport.html

NOT true

whenever i fly out i always get US$ from my Thai SCB atm

Note,

ALL Cambodian atm's ( none will give u riel) give u US $$ regardless of the country that's issued ur card.

also ( at least in Phuket) it is very easy to buy unlimited amount of US$ Lats time i brought $12,000 from the scb, only showed my passport

In Lao i just exchange Thai baht to KIp

AS to counterfeit us $$ never have gotten one in 7 years of traveling there nor heard of anyone that had.

OK , let me be more corrct about it as it is weight on words seems........., the board on the machine says ONLY OVERSEA ISSUED CARDS ,,,,,,,, so i think your Thai card is issued oversea by SCB.....for the mastercard logo , my KK not work on it , my oversea mastercard yes, that worked worked

picture Swampy ATM dwld for bigger & read yourself :

my Siam Commercial bank card was issued in Phuket and i use the SCB atm in departure area at Swampy and get us$$

cant make it any more clear than that

my Siam Commercial bank card was issued in Phuket and i use the SCB atm in departure area at Swampy and get us$$

cant make it any more clear than that

same for me,

try my kk not work and has visa logo , asked the girls on the counter behind atm , and they said same as the sign says no Thai card only foreign ones , my foreign card with mastercard worked ..... new crispy 100$ bills came !