Originally Posted by
Kiwi Flyer
It isn't that simple when dealing with airfares. In cases of forced conversion (ie being sold/ticketed in a different country to the origin), an official exchange rate is used. These are normally updated weekly.
Of course if you are buying from a country that is different from your own, then the daily exchange used by your credit card matters too.
Most true if one purchases in their own country. But to get value many have purchased via CAI, BKK, MRU, JNB or ICN to get best value.
FOREX rates change by the second. A little work saves lots of money.
In the past I would purchase in BKK and saved the credit card fees by paying buy cash transfer and buy Baht when I saw the best rate.
When FOREX rates were in flux I set up a FOREX account and bought Rand for my JNB departures and saved $2000 per ticket. (4)
Check it out:
http://fxglobaltransfer.oanda.com/
I believe Bluime is interested in South Korea, I trust his agent is in South Korea.