Foreign
Currency Stansted Airport
You
can buy foreign currency and travellers cheques online and get
great rates and no commission, or you can buy it at the airport,
not get as good rates and pay commission. That's the basic choice.
[See
this summer 2005 stansted
airport news article on how bad the rates and charges at airports
can be].
Buying Foreign
Currency at Stansted Airport
There is
an ICE desk in the departures area before security (telephone
: 01279 680 921). There is also a Travelex desk in the departures
area (before security - opposite the car hire desks) and the arrivals
area (telephone 08702 405 405).
Telephone
them to check their rates and charges, then compare them with
the rates available online below. Online will always win!
Buying Foreign
Currency Online
You can buy
your currency online via a number of foreign exchange companies.
Each time we check the rates, including commission and delivery
charges, we find that Onlinefx,
Travelex
and the
Post Office are the most competitive.
With Onlinefx,
if you buy it via a website called www.1stholidaystore.co.uk and
pay via a debit card, the currency is delivered free as well as
commission free. If you order by 12:30 your currency can be delivered
to your home or work by 17:30 the next day. (NB: If paying with
Switch, Delta and Solo cards, just type "free delivery"
in the Promotion / ID box at payment stage.)
With Travelex
you need to give 48 hours notice, but you can collect your currency
from the airport if they have a desk there (they do at Stansted).
And with the
Post Office you can pick between delivery, or you can
pick your currency up at your local Post Office.
