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Old May 7, 2013 | 11:12 am
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Originally Posted by mccomb
A friend just called United in Argentina. They informed him they will no longer accept pesos for payment either in person or online. All transactions will be in USD, so if true, it looks like getting the blue rate may be over unless you have an Argentina credit card and can pay in pesos.
No pesos cash accepted makes sense.... but the transactions will still be denominated in Pesos, although for all practical purposes, the Peso per-se is dead because once a non resident has to use Plastic the rate becomes the official 5.x thereby killing the savings..... so yes, semantic details aside this means GAME OVER.
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