brall3 Posted April 25 Posted April 25 At the airport where is a good money exchange store to exchange A SMALL AMOUNT of money to hold one over until arriving in the city itself? Quote
Popular Post zoomomancs Posted April 25 Popular Post Posted April 25 Go downstairs to the skytrain level. Walk to the left of the skytrain office where we buy tickets. On your right are some change booths which give a better rate than all the upstairs change places at bkk. When I was there earlier this month the rate there wasn't that far below the best in the city. Londoner, Farmos, FFbtm1974 and 2 others 5 Quote
Members tm_nyc Posted April 25 Members Posted April 25 Good to know! Skytrain level is the 'B' Basement level? Quote
zoomomancs Posted April 25 Posted April 25 4 hours ago, tm_nyc said: Good to know! Skytrain level is the 'B' Basement level? Yes, the basement, the signs say to the Airport Rail Link (ARL) station. tm_nyc 1 Quote
vinapu Posted April 26 Posted April 26 9 hours ago, brall3 said: THANKS A MILLION in what currency ? Travelingguy and tm_nyc 2 Quote
mima_bk Posted April 26 Posted April 26 On 4/25/2026 at 10:06 AM, zoomomancs said: Go downstairs to the skytrain level. Walk to the left of the skytrain office where we buy tickets. On your right are some change booths which give a better rate than all the upstairs change places at bkk. When I was there earlier this month the rate there wasn't that far below the best in the city. The reason why these booths offer best rates is because they are not "in the airport" but they are technically in samut prakan, the province surrounding the airport. so if you want to change money at the airport always go there. it is like 10% better rate than at the other airport levels. vinapu and Travelingguy 2 Quote
ChristianPFC Posted yesterday at 04:17 PM Posted yesterday at 04:17 PM Suvarnabhumi airport is in Samut Prakarn province. While airside allows entry and change of airplane without visa or immigration, and has different laws for customs and taxes, the banks are all landside. I guess it has nothing to do with Samut Prakarn province, rate in the airport are just like that (poor compared to elsewhere), because the banks there form a cartel. You could argue that those banks are inside the airport, whereas those at the ARL are inside the ARL station. But the operators are different as well, as far as I observed. Quote
vinapu Posted yesterday at 04:37 PM Posted yesterday at 04:37 PM whatever are reason , it's great that we have better rate option achievable at the airport with little effort. As for rates inside airport that are worse indeed but compared to many airports in the world, difference between airport and city rates is not that dramatic. As for uniform rate they offer it may be cartel arrangement but also it may be requirement of the term of lease. Quote
kram987 Posted 1 hour ago Posted 1 hour ago On 4/26/2026 at 10:04 AM, vinapu said: in what currency ? Iranian? Quote
vinapu Posted 1 hour ago Posted 1 hour ago 9 minutes ago, kram987 said: Iranian? at the moment it looks you are right as another recent ' champions ", Venezuela and Zimbabwe seem to stabilize a bit Quote
kram987 Posted 1 hour ago Posted 1 hour ago 16 minutes ago, vinapu said: at the moment it looks you are right as another recent ' champions ", Venezuela and Zimbabwe seem to stabilize a bit Siri knows all. 😂 Quote
