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Subject: Re: Useless and dangerous American Express traveller's checks ... outcome Posted on: Tue, 08 Jul 2003 17:39:11 GMT

In article <3f0a64f1.22098185@news.rcn.com>, panNOTRASH@musician.org
says...
> On Fri, 04 Jul 2003 17:11:41 GMT, Alfred Molon
> wrote:
>
> >ATMs usually give you the international exchange rate minus a small
> >commission. When I travel to Malaysia or Thailand I never even bother
> >getting dollars or traveller cheques. I rely entirely on ATMs (and I have
> >a credit card as a backup).
>
> What would you do if your wallet were stolen and your card
> compromised?

I usually travel with my wife. She has two ATM cards and one credit card
(I have one ATM card and two credit cards). In addition there are
Citibank branches in every SE Asian country.
--

Alfred Molon
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