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Mar 22, 2011, 7:03 pm

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Originally Posted by Viajero Perpetuo

Canadians who travel to Chile should bank with Scotia and use their card only at Scotiabank and Banco de Desarrollo ATMs in Chile to avoid the 2200 peso Chile-side fee.

That's an interesting comment. My (limited) experience in the past is that Scotiabank (or any other Canadian bank for that matter) in Country X has little or nothing to do with the same bank in Country Y, so that I would have assumed that ATM fees would apply using a Canadian Scotia debit card to withdraw pesos in a Chilean Scotia ATM.

Thanks for the tip, now if I can ever get 'round to opening an account with Scotia and obtaining a Scotia debit card, perhaps I can save a few $$.

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