Being now glued to the exchange rate updates again, I wanted to report my recent experience.
As I mentioned in another thread, the rate I am getting at my local cueva is always below the official exchange rate, which is a bummer.
So I decided to give my foreign credit card a try yesterday to see what was the applied rate.
Wed 25 Sept 2018 - Official Exchange rate: 40, informal: 38.9 (source: Ambito Financero); actual rate at the cueva: 36.8
- Café Cabrales 239 ARS, paid with Citi debit card (no foreign transaction fee), Mastercard debited 6.18 USD - Actual exchange rate: 38.67
- Día 113.85 ARS, paid with Citi debit card (no foreign transaction fee), Mastercard debited 2.59 USD - Actual exchange rate: 38.59
- Zentra 95 ARS, paid with Schwab debit card, VISA debited 2.59 USD - Actual exchange rate: 38.1
- PintArte 242.59 ARS, paid with Citi debit card (no foreign transaction fee), Mastercard debited 6.52 USD - Actual exchange rate: 37.20