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Forgive this newbie but I'm coming to Buenos Aires for 1 month in a few weeks. I read that foreigners can use their credit cards from their home countries (I am American) and I will get a special exchange rate. I read some old articles and I found these:
It seems like this has been around for about 1 year now. I wanted to research a bit before just posting. Is there any where I can see what exchange rate I will get? This seems like a much better option than carrying around a lot of cash which I understand their biggest bill in Argentina is 2,000 peso note which is just $2 US?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Government tries to tempt tourists in search for dollars
Authorities to let tourists use their credit and debit cards to tap more generous parallel new exchange rate in bid to boost Central Bank reserves.
batimes.com.ar
Nuevo dólar para extranjeros: todo lo que hay que saber sobre la divisa para quienes viajen al país
Entrará en vigencia esta semana. Reconocerá un tipo de cambio de $292, según la cotización del MEP de hoy, para gastos con tarjetas
www.infobae.com
Nuevo dólar para extranjeros: 12 claves sobre el tipo de cambio a $ 290 para gastos con tarjeta
El valor dependerá de la cotización del MEP. Quiénes pueden aprovecharlo. Buscan captar US$ 1.100 millones en reservas.
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It seems like this has been around for about 1 year now. I wanted to research a bit before just posting. Is there any where I can see what exchange rate I will get? This seems like a much better option than carrying around a lot of cash which I understand their biggest bill in Argentina is 2,000 peso note which is just $2 US?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.