This was always my impression too but things have changed a lot based on a trip I made a few months ago.The US is surprisingly clunky generally where card payments are involved, e.g. being asked for a signature, difficulty tipping, difficulty closing out a tab after you’ve set one up, difficulty with Apple Pay, etc.
Yes, you can exchange before you travel and therefore lock down the exchange rate. If you have sufficient funds in the currency that you are paying in, then it would first use up these funds. A couple of points:For those using a Revolut card abroad, can you exchange the currency in your Revolut account before you travel? If so, when you tap you card abroad, does it automatically pay in the local currency that you have pre-exchanged, instead of Euro? Or is the Revolut card fixed to Euro only?
i am just back from the UK and used my Revolut card for everything including the tube. My Mrs also used Revolut as did our two children who had the Revolut Junior cards. We rarely took out the cards and used Apple Pay all the time. I had a Curve card as a back up but ended up never using it.
Thanks for that..re: running FX xfer.......nice and simpleOne item that hasn't been mentioned. Free Revolut users are allowed to exchange 1000 euro each month before incurring additional fees (0.5%) This is separate to the weekend exchange markup mentioned by another poster.
You can see the monthly running total under Card settings in the app.
Edit to update: apologies, the running currency exchange total is found under "plan", which is accessed from the home or user icon, not the Card Settings (which shows the contactless running total).
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