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mdonald1987 Feb 18th 2026 6:48 am

Exchange Rate Nosedive
 
Moving over in a few weeks and I’m wincing every time I check the exchange rate. I was hoping to transfer £70k and at the beginning of the year I would’ve been getting approx $139k. Now it’s down at $133k!

Other than using Wise, dos anyone have any other tips for maximising my money? Cheers!

rammygirl Feb 21st 2026 10:23 am

Re: Exchange Rate Nosedive
 
If you don’t need the money at a specific time you can set a rate to exchange. Sometimes that can be in the middle of the night. Not sure if you can do this with wise though.

discodave Feb 21st 2026 10:45 am

Re: Exchange Rate Nosedive
 

Originally Posted by mdonald1987 (Post 13339201)
Moving over in a few weeks and I’m wincing every time I check the exchange rate. I was hoping to transfer £70k and at the beginning of the year I would’ve been getting approx $139k. Now it’s down at $133k!

Other than using Wise, dos anyone have any other tips for maximising my money? Cheers!

Galling to see it drop from a high, but still worth remembering you're comfortably above the 10 year average, so unless the plummet continues you won't be doing badly in a historical context.
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