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Overseas Money

Hi all,

I currently live in australia and i will be travelling to thailand at the end of the year... I am wondering what would be the best way to take our money overseas.

My partner is with Bank SA and he has a Bank SA Visa Credit Card and a Visa Debit Card (I think the Visa Debit card can only be used at ATM's tho) Whats atm availability like in thailand north and south and bangkok?

I have a Commonwealth and Citibank Visa Credit card as well as ur normal savings account card. Do people know what the maestro and cirrus symbols mean? (soz bout the spelling of those)

I am wondering if i shld just use the cards that we have and just make sure we can use them overseas or does anyone have any other suggestions of banks that offer good overseas deals... I have heard of cash passports eg travelex have one and also american express (has anyone ever used them, if u have used another company and have good reports please do tell). I am not really interested in getting another credit card as such, but would definately consider opening another savings account if that can save a fair bit on fees as we will have the cash and not be needing credit.

We will also be taking some baht with us to... How much do u think is recommened to take with us from Australia and then we can just top up when we get to thailand (Im assuming it will be cheaper to exchange money in thailand than do it here in Aus).

Any help would be very much appreciated.
Thanks

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