Posts from Splinter in thread „Book flights and hotels in ARS“

mike_289

You may be getting confused with which card gets hammered with the foreign currency taxes.

If you use a credit card issued in Argentina for purchases in a foreign currency you will eventually pay the 30% and 35% taxes (65% in total) at statement or reconciliation date.

There is no way around it, other than paying in cash or a credit card NOT issued in Argentina.

What on earth would we do without the black blue market?

In other words, every time you use an Argy card for a USD purchase you'll pay an extra 65%.

That should be clear enough.

Hi mike_289 and welcome

No idea. In fact I didn't even realise the government had that much control. Maybe someone else knows more than I do?