Reply To: New Argentina rate using UK based credit cards

[FarAway]

Sharing recent experience from Buenos Aires… Unless you stay in Argentina for a long time or you are planning to spend huge amounts of money, don’t bother going down Western Union route. I have tried withdrawing my WU transfer quite a few times and either a) they did not have enough pesos b) the system was down c) the queues were more than 3 hours long.

Paying by credit card/Apple Pay was straight forward and at the end charge rate was 420-425 ARS/£ which was surely lower than WU’s 480/£ rate but you had peace of mind and, in the grand scheme of things, you were only worse by a 12% compared to WU.

Worth mentioning that in case you do want to use a taxi, a few pesos in cash will be needed so it is advisable to withdraw a small amount (5000-10000 ARS) from an ATM, at the official rate [260 ARS/£] unfortunately.