get a no-fee US$ credit card (e.g. i use TD USD VISA) / T/ f7 \4 I% u) G- s- h3 H& xfind someone who are willing to exchange with the XE rate 2 H$ F% N% u% A9 {) Vdeposit your USD either to your US$ credit card or any US denominated chequeing/saving account & y* \6 I" @; @; M' ?. s- Kgo to the US and have fun (with thousands of dollars of bills to pay of course)* V R3 Z# y( ^2 ]) r0 `$ ]
pay your money when you get home- x" H3 p, m4 A: N- n% k9 d/ M
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the rule of thumb is: the less you get your service from the banks, the less you will have to pay( C) \) I8 s& ~+ c, v6 [4 E' C
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If you can't find someone who's willing to trade with you - you can trade with your bank with some costs depending on how much you trade. The worst is to swipe your CAD credit card in the US. Both VISA/Mastercard and your bank will skim profits every time you swipe your card.
watercress 发表于 2014-9-5 08:40 d: A$ n6 \) V4 y/ a2 Q, Nget a no-fee US$ credit card (e.g. i use TD USD VISA)5 o7 _# E' E* R. G0 u. A6 O- I
find someone who are willing to exchange with ...