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vballny23 Jul 7, 2011 10:42 am
ATM/ABM's at YUL
 
Unfortunately, there are no Scotiabank ABM's located at YUL which would save me $5 with my Bank of America debit/ATM card. I am trying to determine the best ABM to use (proximity, lower fees) when arriving from USA in a few weeks. I know Bank of America charges the $5 and 1%. Is there a flat fee (like $2) that a RBC ABM for example would also charge me?

In general, do the ABM's at the airport have the same conversion as an ABM downtown?

Thanks YUL experts....

fly-yul Jul 9, 2011 6:01 pm
Originally Posted by vballny23 (Post 16686908)
Unfortunately, there are no Scotiabank ABM's located at YUL which would save me $5 with my Bank of America debit/ATM card. I am trying to determine the best ABM to use (proximity, lower fees) when arriving from USA in a few weeks. I know Bank of America charges the $5 and 1%. Is there a flat fee (like $2) that a RBC ABM for example would also charge me?

In general, do the ABM's at the airport have the same conversion as an ABM downtown?

Thanks YUL experts....
BMO has the contract for YUL. All the machines i have seen there are from bmo.

ls17031 Jul 9, 2011 9:47 pm
Originally Posted by fly-yul (Post 16700348)
BMO has the contract for YUL. All the machines i have seen there are from bmo.
Except of course for the RBC machine next to the currency exchange at international arrivals. ;)

fly-yul Jul 13, 2011 8:41 am
Originally Posted by ls17031 (Post 16701059)
Except of course for the RBC machine next to the currency exchange at international arrivals. ;)
Lower international baggage claim area prior to exit? or do you mean outside past exit from secure area?

vballny23 Jul 13, 2011 9:16 am
After going to the ABM to take out money, I was going to buy a 3-day pass and take the 747 Bus pass downtown. I arrive at YUL at 7:40am. Knowing it will take some time to go through customs, do you know what time does the currency exchange booth opens so that I can buy my bus pass?

drat19 Jul 13, 2011 11:14 am
Originally Posted by fly-yul (Post 16719879)
Lower international baggage claim area prior to exit? or do you mean outside past exit from secure area?
Outside past exit from the secure area.

ls17031 Jul 13, 2011 11:46 pm
Originally Posted by vballny23 (Post 16720066)
After going to the ABM to take out money, I was going to buy a 3-day pass and take the 747 Bus pass downtown. I arrive at YUL at 7:40am. Knowing it will take some time to go through customs, do you know what time does the currency exchange booth opens so that I can buy my bus pass?
You can use bills to buy the ticket from the dispensers. In fact, I saw what appeared to be 2 "full-fledged" STM ticket machines being installed last week. This would mean that you could also use a credit card to purchase the ticket, if these machines are fully functional. I'll get a closer look at the machines later today and post back here and in the 747 thread about what I find.

vballny23 Jul 14, 2011 12:16 pm
Originally Posted by ls17031 (Post 16724733)
You can use bills to buy the ticket from the dispensers. In fact, I saw what appeared to be 2 "full-fledged" STM ticket machines being installed last week. This would mean that you could also use a credit card to purchase the ticket, if these machines are fully functional. I'll get a closer look at the machines later today and post back here and in the 747 thread about what I find.
That would be great if they began accepting credit cards to buy the STM tickets at the airport...now I wonder if they would be able to accept credit cards from outside the country (US for example).

ls17031 Jul 15, 2011 5:19 pm
Originally Posted by vballny23 (Post 16727762)
That would be great if they began accepting credit cards to buy the STM tickets at the airport...now I wonder if they would be able to accept credit cards from outside the country (US for example).
I can now confirm that the machines accept credit cards. Besides purchasing 1 and 3 day passes, one can also top up an Opus card if they already have one. The only things that the machines do not sell are single-ride fares and "occasional" passes.

I would image that credit cards issued outside of Canada would work since the dip slot isn't chip-pin and we don't have that annoying "Please enter your zipcode..." feature in Canada.

vballny23 Jul 15, 2011 9:34 pm
Originally Posted by ls17031 (Post 16735525)
I can now confirm that the machines accept credit cards. Besides purchasing 1 and 3 day passes, one can also top up an Opus card if they already have one. The only things that the machines do not sell are single-ride fares and "occasional" passes.

I would image that credit cards issued outside of Canada would work since the dip slot isn't chip-pin and we don't have that annoying "Please enter your zipcode..." feature in Canada.
Great news and thank you for the update

beltway Jul 26, 2011 2:04 pm
Originally Posted by ls17031 (Post 16701059)
Except of course for the RBC machine next to the currency exchange at international arrivals. ;)
Which charges a flat CAD1.50.


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