<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by RichLond:
While i see you know loads of big bad scary words, I am still not sure why you brought up the USD vs. EUR rate???</font>
Because JonNYC asserted that
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">I'm sure you realize the scope of the EGP's collapse far eclipses the small swing...[of the Euro against the US dollar]</font>
I was simply quoting the data to show that the EGP and the EUR have in fact undergone almost exactly the same degree of fluctuation against the USD over the last 18 months (which is a reasonable period since it is roughly the timescale in which OneWorld reviews the pricing of the OWE fares).
And as you well know, the question for Mrs Sobhi is simply whether she will accept Euros in cash as payment. I find it implausible that you would get a better rate for 4000 Euros or so from a shop adjacent to the BA ticket office than you would from a bank, and I would say the risk associated with walking around with that much cash in Cairo is not insignificant.