Spending ARS - Santiago or Sao Paulo airports?

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foxtrotgb
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Hey all,

I have leftover Argentine Pesos as I'm sure you've all heard before, but I'm on a limited phone and was wondering if someone could advise please.

I have 400USD in ARS and am flying from Santiago > Sao Paulo > London

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femby
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You can exchange them in a money exchange in the center of Santiago. You will get Chilean pesos in exchange. Looking at the exchange from a couple of days ago you would get CLP$37 for each ARS peso. You would then either spend the pesos in Chile or buy other currencies. Buying dollars will cost you aprox CLP$690 each. But the exchange varies a bit.

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foxtrotgb
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Thank you for the response.

Do you know if I can spend ARS at duty free shops at Santiago or Sao Paulo airports please?

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femby
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No. No one will take ARS for payment of anything.

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No. No one will take ARS for payment of anything

That's not quite true. There are exceptions:

http://mla-s1-p.mlstatic.com/estanciero-juego-de-mesa-antiguo-c-1960-ind-argentina-5382-MLA4335263732_052013-F.jpg

http://monopoly.wikia.com/wiki/Argentina_Edition

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