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Old Nov 29, 2019 | 4:51 am
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Travel-Quinten
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Originally Posted by :D!
This is a Revolut account. Firstly you shouldn't be using Revolut for Thai baht transactions at all, as Revolut adds 1% to the exchange rate (and 2% on weekends as defined by UK time). Although if your next best card charges more than 1%, or you are afraid of carrying physical cash euros to Thailand, or you just don't care about paying 0.99% more than necessary, then fine.
Well spot It's Revolut and I created a Thai baht account in it and shifted money in it mid-week (to circumvent that 1% extra). All my other cards charge over 1%, so except the cash option, this is the cheapest option for me.

Originally Posted by :D!
So, you used the magstrip on Revolut and had to sign a paper slip? I suspect what happened is that the transaction was confirmed manually after all those paper slips were submitted to the bank, and Revolut displays this as a reversal and recharge. With traditional card providers the process happens transparently so you don't even know it happens.
Ah, cool! Didn't know happened behind the scenes. Thanks!

Originally Posted by :D!
I'm surprised that you haven't seen it before, as this also happens with any sort of transaction that is not confirmed immediately such as those involving preauthorisations (which is what I thought happened initially, but you said you used a different card for the preauth).
I can't explain the spelling error so you could also be correct that a different bank was involved.
It probably happened before, but definitely not all the time - as I use Revolut for about 3 years now and never spot it before.
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