Fair enough on card fees, I had just assumed I would be able to use my Halifax Clarity to get cash in Middle East at the Mastercard rate - do you think there would be additional ATM operator charges?
As for Bangkok, you can currently get QAR cheaper than the pegged rate.... (US$1 to 3.70 QR). You could make a very large profit if you had a way to exchange it in Qatar without commisson
Probably also why the UK bureaux de change no longer take them
We have the same credit card. Charges from the overseas bank sometimes appear, though these might be rolled into the transaction. For Bangkok, Bank of China in Bangkok is clean for MC.
QAR are probably suffering from political concerns. The exchange shops don't want to get stuck with them.
buses ran nearly exactly to their timetable and I planned my wandering to fit that, the 777 is every 20 minutes and I think so is the 747.
I was in Doha all last week. Passed a number of buses, and all seemed empty or near-empty
. I'm back next week and I'll try them, just to satisfy my inner public transport geekiness. Though with Uber so handy and so well priced it will take a bit of an effort...