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Old Dec 16, 2014, 9:10 pm
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Originally Posted by iahphx
Yeah, the idea is brilliant: at least in theory. I do finance stuff all day and have been besieged with ruble talk -- but I never thought to try to use the collapse to find discount airfares. The problem is determining the conversion rate from your credit card. I assume you're buying tickets for, say, 10,000 rubles. But you won't know what that will translate to on your credit card bill. Seems risky.
Yeah but then again, if you were going to buy the ticket anyways, why not? It's very unlikely that you would lose money, it's just a matter of how big a discount
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