Originally Posted by JohnAx
Thanks for the good work. The exchange-rate engine I use (
www.xe.com/ucc) gives modestly different USD values for middle-eastern currencies, though, e.g for Syria AONE3, USD7090 (xe.com) vs USD6756 (spreadsheet), about 4% in that case.
The problem with some of these currencies is that they're not freely traded and are subject to capital controls. There is no good price discovery mechanism for them. I just checked on Bloomberg, where they're quoting the SYP at 52.21 to the dollar, which seems closer to the XE rate than the one I am pulling from Oanda. I chose to use Oanda for the auto-updates as it was a lot easier to implement.
Originally Posted by Gardyloo
Actually I was assuming there are no BA CTOs in Sofia or Bucharest, thus people would have to use Bremen as the go-between, similar to when BA closed the IST CTO. But I was wrong, there are BA travel shops in both cities. Whether they'll have an Ulya-equivalent (great IST agent) remains to be seen.
Ah, I see. I'm sure someone will experiment with an RTW from these locations soon. Not being able to tack on a DXB (or similar) run is a big disadvantage though.
Originally Posted by MiamiBeach
WearyBizTvrlr, I think the GIB prices in your spreadsheet are still the old ones, new ones are a bit higher.
You may be getting a cached copy instead of a fresh one, because as far as I can tell the new prices you quote are in the spreadsheet. Make sure it's version 1.9.6. If you can't force a fresh reload, try
this link instead.