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Home » Reader question » Exchange euros at Suvarnabhumi airport
Exchange euros at Suvarnabhumi airport
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Tags: Money exchange offices, super rich, Suvarnabhumi Airport
Dear readers,
We are going to Thailand for a week, we will take a reasonable amount of euros with us and exchange it there. Now a friend of my wife told me today that they do not accept 200€ notes, only 100, 50, 20, etc.
She said it was hanging down there near the exchange offices near the Skytrain. The last time we changed hands there (early this summer) I didn't notice that, but I have to say that we only had €100 notes with us.
Can anyone who has recently exchanged money there confirm this?
Thank you in advance.
Regards,
Ronny
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Downstairs at Superrich you can exchange everything and you will also get a better rate than at the official banks and the arrivals hall.
Hey Ronny, in March this year I was able to exchange 100 and 200 notes at the airport near Superrich, I think the green ones, no problem!
On October 16 last, we exchanged 10.000 euros in the Suvarnabhumi basement, only 200 € notes. No problem ! Make sure the notes are in good condition. Cracks, stains, etc. are not tolerated!
Hi Ronnie,
I hardly ever exchange cash in Thailand (I have a Thai bank account) and if I do, it is never at the airport. Never investigated, but everything is often more expensive at airports so I seek refuge in local shopping centers. However, I am responding because in my most recent experience last August I was sent away twice at exchange offices and only on the 2rd was most (certainly not all!) of my €3 notes exchanged due to poor quality notes. Better leave the old €50 version at home and check for tiny cracks.
Gr. Bart
The exchange offices are on the ARL (Airport rail link), not the skytrain because it does not reach the airport.
Yes indeed. You're right, I saw afterwards that I was wrong.
I recently exchanged €200 notes at an exchange office near Surawong Road.
I exchanged 20 euro notes on November 200 without any problem. In the left corner at the train station at Suvarnabbumi airport, where does that nonsense come from that they don't exchange 200 euro notes?
Good morning Ronny,
You can even exchange €500= notes and get even more Th Bth for it!
I change at BTS station Nana at VASU.
Always better rates than anywhere else.
Just inquire, it is located on the North side of the station, on Sukumvith Road.
500 euro notes have not been in circulation for years. Why always sell that nonsense?
They are still in circulation…they are just no longer issued by banks. As well as the 200 and 100 notes. You can still get them at the DNB in Amsterdam. You can exchange your 50 notes for larger notes by appointment... as long as it lasts. So please don't sell nonsense about 500 notes yourself
Now that we're talking nonsense.
If you say that the banks no longer issue 200 and 100 euro notes, we will believe it. Apparently everyone here wants to be right.
Just for information: The Belgian Franc and the Dutch Guilder are also still in circulation, they are just no longer issued by the banks.
Then, according to your reasoning, the Belgian Franc and the Dutch Guilder are also still in circulation?
And 500 euro notes have not been issued for almost 5 years. The people who still trade such denominations either have them from an unreliable source or are not too smart to keep them at home for 5 years.
And the fact that 200 and 100 euro notes are no longer distributed by the banks is completely incorrect (as far as Belgium is concerned). But hey, use it to your advantage.
Willy,
Aren't you exaggerating now?
Everyone knows afterwards that those 500 euro notes have not been available for many years.
If you want to quibble about the word being in circulation, you are of course right. But the essence is that virtually no one has such banknotes anymore.
This year I brought a relatively high amount of money to Thailand and these were all 200 euro notes. So don't claim that these are no longer issued by the banks. I was able to get it without any problems.
So we'd better keep quiet about all that nonsense.
Dear Dominique,
I cannot say that you are telling untruths, but I have asked ABN and ING as well as the Rabobank for the 200 euro notes with one clear answer. It is not available at these banks, even when I asked for an account from the bank. I received that answer a little more than a counter employee and to my question if the airport has those notes, can I exchange them, the answer was no because they are not allowed to issue those notes. Even if I request an amount, I am assured that the entire amount will be delivered in 50 euros.
So I would like to know which sofa you will get.
Hi Ronnie,
We are now in Thailand and last week we exchanged €200 notes for baths (super light)
Kind regards Philippe
I didn't see 200 euro notes on the exchange rate signs yesterday. I don't know if they accept 200 euros.
Thank you all for the information.
I couldn't believe what my wife's friend said, but hey, let's check.
One Thai hears something and before you get 4 steps further the whole story is different (I don't want to generalize, it happens here too). We also have a joint Thai account, but cash is sometimes useful and as it happens here, it is also the case in Thailand.
I also know that you may be able to get a better rate in BKK or other major tourist places/centers. We are staying at the airport and have a domestic flight to our 'home' with the family, so we are changing at the bottom of the ARL.
thx Ronny
just exchange 9000 euros in fifty euro notes at Superrich at the airport, no problem at all and indeed make sure that your money has no folds or tears.
In the 20 years I've been coming there, I've never had any problems changing.
Where do you get those 100, 200 and 500 notes?
Henk, you can simply select which banknotes 50-100-200 and the number at one bank machine.
Please tell us that you are Belgian. In the Netherlands, only 50 euro notes come out of a machine.
Hello Peter, I usually use the ATM (van Geldmaat) in the Netherlands every 2 weeks and in recent years I have always been able to choose the composition of the amount.
The machines can hold notes in 3 nominations. These are usually 10, 20 and 50 euro notes.
It may of course be that some tickets have run out, but in principle you can choose from several different nominations.
Changing at the airport is at the worst rate. Only change what is absolutely necessary. The best course is at Superrich's headquarters in Chitlom. Slightly better than the branches. The best thing is if you know someone with a Thai bank account and Wise.
What a lot of stories... and a lot of nonsense...
The facts are,
If you change at the airport at an exchange office on the arrivals floor, you will get the worst rate possible, up to 1,5 baht less than at bank branches.
However, if you go downstairs, there are several Superrich exchange offices, different colors and owners, you get quite a bit more than the bank offices and much more than on the arrivals floor.
About the acceptance of large banknotes, it is true that you get more for larger denominations.
And yes, also 200 and 500.
Not convinced.? Take a look at the Superrich web page and immediately see the difference between low and high values.
My own bank, Bangkok Bank, a branch in a provincial city, also accepts everything, provided it is without tears and/or tape.
Transferring with Wise is certainly the easiest and often the most favorable.
But I just did the math, exchanging cash at Superrich and transferring with Wise makes very little difference.
Idd Peter, a tourist looks upstairs at the exchange offices, the super rich exchange offices at the bottom of the ARL are better for exchange. I also looked it up today, the green Superrich gives a rate of 100 for notes from €38.3 and higher at the head office, at the airport you get a rate of 38,1.
So if I exchange €9.999 there I get 380.991,9bath.
If I transfer via wise to our Bangkok bank account € 9.999 - € 69,55 costs x 38,3483 = 380.777,53 bath. I thought there were only 2 banks left in Thailand where you could transfer more than 50 baths in one go. If you do it in installments of €000 via wise, you will have costs of around €1.
For the 38.3 rate at the head office I would get 2000bath more, for this I would have to go to the center of Bangkok and back to the airport, with the time loss it is not worth it to me.
I have never thought of what you say about exchanging at your own bank, I will also ask at our branch office of the Bangkok bank in the city what rate they give there.
Ronny, would you like to try writing plain Dutch? You didn't learn 'n' instead of 'a' at school, I assume?
Dear Ronnie,
Just click on this link, every branch of the Bangkok bank gives this rate..
https://www.bangkokbank.com/en/Personal/Other-Services/View-Rates/Foreign-Exchange-Rates
No costs, this is paid net.
I do everything through Revolut.
Setting up Thai Bath only costs you 35 Bath for each withdrawal…
And nothing if you simply pay with Card.
I just made a comparison between Wise and Revolut.
If you transfer 5000 euros, you will receive almost 4000THB more in your account in Thailand at Wise.
This takes into account all costs.
For me the choice was quickly made Remy.
(I think that comparison has been made here many times and time and again Wise appears to be the most affordable)
We first exchanged at exchange offices (yellow booths) on the street. But we get just a little bit more from the bank, so now we do it at the bank. All banknotes are accepted, by the way. Recently we also transfer money to our Thai bank account, via wise. Works fine. Don't believe everything a Thai person says...