Changing Dollars to Pound at Dallas or Gatewick Airport
Apr 29th 2006, 9:33 am
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Re: Changing Dollars to Pound at Dallas or Gatewick Airport
On Sat, 29 Apr 2006 23:24:17 +0200, Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
> Yesterday evening, we went to the Italian restaurant Porto Pino
>http://www.leidslekkers.nl/pagina/recensie/20 that I recommended to
>you. It is still good although you need to be very hungry to eat the
>vast quantity of food that they put in front of you.
I expect the KLM catering will do that... so I think I've found it on
the map, let's hope I can find it...
I'm staying at the Nieuw Minerva this time.
Jim.
> Yesterday evening, we went to the Italian restaurant Porto Pino
>http://www.leidslekkers.nl/pagina/recensie/20 that I recommended to
>you. It is still good although you need to be very hungry to eat the
>vast quantity of food that they put in front of you.
I expect the KLM catering will do that... so I think I've found it on
the map, let's hope I can find it...
I'm staying at the Nieuw Minerva this time.
Jim.
Apr 29th 2006, 9:38 am
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Re: Changing Dollars to Pound at Dallas or Gatewick Airport
On Sat, 29 Apr 2006 21:33:39 GMT, [email protected] (Jim Ley) wrote:
>On Sat, 29 Apr 2006 23:24:17 +0200, Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Yesterday evening, we went to the Italian restaurant Porto Pino
>>http://www.leidslekkers.nl/pagina/recensie/20 that I recommended to
>>you. It is still good although you need to be very hungry to eat the
>>vast quantity of food that they put in front of you.
>I expect the KLM catering will do that... so I think I've found it on
>the map, let's hope I can find it...
>I'm staying at the Nieuw Minerva this time.
That used to have a nice restaurant but it changed hands. I don't know
what the restaurant is like now. The Nieuw Minerva is the one with the
bizarre web site. In Breestraat behind the Nieuw Minerva is a good
Vietnamease restaurant Noodl.
--
Martin
>On Sat, 29 Apr 2006 23:24:17 +0200, Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Yesterday evening, we went to the Italian restaurant Porto Pino
>>http://www.leidslekkers.nl/pagina/recensie/20 that I recommended to
>>you. It is still good although you need to be very hungry to eat the
>>vast quantity of food that they put in front of you.
>I expect the KLM catering will do that... so I think I've found it on
>the map, let's hope I can find it...
>I'm staying at the Nieuw Minerva this time.
That used to have a nice restaurant but it changed hands. I don't know
what the restaurant is like now. The Nieuw Minerva is the one with the
bizarre web site. In Breestraat behind the Nieuw Minerva is a good
Vietnamease restaurant Noodl.
--
Martin
Jun 5th 2006, 6:37 am
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Re: Changing Dollars to Pound at Dallas or Gatewick Airport
"JohnT" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> "briegull" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected] oups.com...
>> One thing to remember before leaving: LET YOUR BANK (for ATM) AND
>> CREDIT CARD COMPANY KNOW you're going abroad so they won't suddenly dry
>> up on you when they realize that instead of hitting the wall in East
>> Podunk you're hitting it in Berlin or London or Bangkok.
> does this actually ever happen?
I've never had my card fozen but on two occasions where I was visiting
several countries inside a few days, the credit card company has phoned my
home to check I'm actually travelling.
I was actually quite impressed by that.
news:[email protected]...
> "briegull" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected] oups.com...
>> One thing to remember before leaving: LET YOUR BANK (for ATM) AND
>> CREDIT CARD COMPANY KNOW you're going abroad so they won't suddenly dry
>> up on you when they realize that instead of hitting the wall in East
>> Podunk you're hitting it in Berlin or London or Bangkok.
> does this actually ever happen?
I've never had my card fozen but on two occasions where I was visiting
several countries inside a few days, the credit card company has phoned my
home to check I'm actually travelling.
I was actually quite impressed by that.
Jun 5th 2006, 9:54 am
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Re: Changing Dollars to Pound at Dallas or Gatewick Airport
Martin Harran wrote:
> "JohnT" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>>"briegull" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>news:[email protected] groups.com...
>>>One thing to remember before leaving: LET YOUR BANK (for ATM) AND
>>>CREDIT CARD COMPANY KNOW you're going abroad so they won't suddenly dry
>>>up on you when they realize that instead of hitting the wall in East
>>>Podunk you're hitting it in Berlin or London or Bangkok.
>>does this actually ever happen?
>
>
> I've never had my card fozen but on two occasions where I was visiting
> several countries inside a few days, the credit card company has phoned my
> home to check I'm actually travelling.
>
> I was actually quite impressed by that.
>
>
And do they take the fact that the answering machine was on as
verification that you were traveling?
> "JohnT" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>>"briegull" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>news:[email protected] groups.com...
>>>One thing to remember before leaving: LET YOUR BANK (for ATM) AND
>>>CREDIT CARD COMPANY KNOW you're going abroad so they won't suddenly dry
>>>up on you when they realize that instead of hitting the wall in East
>>>Podunk you're hitting it in Berlin or London or Bangkok.
>>does this actually ever happen?
>
>
> I've never had my card fozen but on two occasions where I was visiting
> several countries inside a few days, the credit card company has phoned my
> home to check I'm actually travelling.
>
> I was actually quite impressed by that.
>
>
And do they take the fact that the answering machine was on as
verification that you were traveling?
Jun 5th 2006, 9:33 pm
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Re: Changing Dollars to Pound at Dallas or Gatewick Airport
"Frank F. Matthews" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Martin Harran wrote:
>> I've never had my card fozen but on two occasions where I was visiting
>> several countries inside a few days, the credit card company has phoned
>> my home to check I'm actually travelling.
> And do they take the fact that the answering machine was on as
> verification that you were traveling?
I returned home on Sunday to find a message on my machine from my bank
CC fraud office asking me to verify charges from GB+Ireland. The call had
come in on Wednesday (time stamp), but they did not freeze the card.
Maybe they accepted my announcement: "I will be unable to return your call
until June 5th...you may leave a message with my housesitter or kids..." =R=
> Martin Harran wrote:
>> I've never had my card fozen but on two occasions where I was visiting
>> several countries inside a few days, the credit card company has phoned
>> my home to check I'm actually travelling.
> And do they take the fact that the answering machine was on as
> verification that you were traveling?
I returned home on Sunday to find a message on my machine from my bank
CC fraud office asking me to verify charges from GB+Ireland. The call had
come in on Wednesday (time stamp), but they did not freeze the card.
Maybe they accepted my announcement: "I will be unable to return your call
until June 5th...you may leave a message with my housesitter or kids..." =R=
Jun 6th 2006, 4:10 am
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Re: Changing Dollars to Pound at Dallas or Gatewick Airport
On Mon, 5 Jun 2006 19:37:46 +0100, "Martin Harran"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>"JohnT" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> "briegull" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected] oups.com...
>>> One thing to remember before leaving: LET YOUR BANK (for ATM) AND
>>> CREDIT CARD COMPANY KNOW you're going abroad so they won't suddenly dry
>>> up on you when they realize that instead of hitting the wall in East
>>> Podunk you're hitting it in Berlin or London or Bangkok.
>> does this actually ever happen?
>I've never had my card fozen but on two occasions where I was visiting
>several countries inside a few days, the credit card company has phoned my
>home to check I'm actually travelling.
>I was actually quite impressed by that.
I'm not. They're not doing it to protect you. The credit card
company is stuck for the charges if the card is stolen and used.
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<[email protected]> wrote:
>"JohnT" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> "briegull" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected] oups.com...
>>> One thing to remember before leaving: LET YOUR BANK (for ATM) AND
>>> CREDIT CARD COMPANY KNOW you're going abroad so they won't suddenly dry
>>> up on you when they realize that instead of hitting the wall in East
>>> Podunk you're hitting it in Berlin or London or Bangkok.
>> does this actually ever happen?
>I've never had my card fozen but on two occasions where I was visiting
>several countries inside a few days, the credit card company has phoned my
>home to check I'm actually travelling.
>I was actually quite impressed by that.
I'm not. They're not doing it to protect you. The credit card
company is stuck for the charges if the card is stolen and used.
************* DAVE HATUNEN ([email protected]) *************
* Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow *
* My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *
