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The currency exchange place literally across the street from the airport will have significantly better rates.

Most places display FX rates on a board in front of or inside their stall, so it's really easy to see the different rates; I have never exchanged money at an airport and got a better deal than outside of the airport. It can be a significant difference, like 20% less in the airport.

There are currency exchange windows in every country and city and you will be able to get a higher rate at those.

If you need to exchange $10 cash to get into the city, go for it, but wait to exchange the rest until you're outside of the airport.

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[–] HakFoo@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 months ago

Or order some from your bank before your trip. You can pick it up after a few days and discover that £20 and 50 notes are too large to fit in American wallets.