Sue M
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- May 27, 2009
Went to the Disney Store today and bought a gift card for DL trip at end of the month. Starwars theme of course! Couldn’t help myself, bought Starwars tee too.
How does that work, if I bought a card here could I use it like cash at Disney World to buy anything food too. I guess it would get converted there to U.S at whatever rate Disney wants to give. HmmmWent to the Disney Store today and bought a gift card for DL trip at end of the month. Starwars theme of course! Couldn’t help myself, bought Starwars tee too.
Yes, I use the card primarily for dining. It gets converted to USD at what ever the bank rate is that day. What you save is the 2.5% Forex fees when you go to the bank to exchange your money.How does that work, if I bought a card here could I use it like cash at Disney World to buy anything food too. I guess it would get converted there to U.S at whatever rate Disney wants to give. Hmmm
How does that work, if I bought a card here could I use it like cash at Disney World to buy anything food too. I guess it would get converted there to U.S at whatever rate Disney wants to give. Hmmm
Expect the Canadian Dollar to keep rising!
Oh yeah! Let's hope so!That's usually what happens when I get back from a trip so I'd agree!
Expect the Canadian Dollar to keep rising!
That's usually what happens when I get back from a trip so I'd agree!
I hope so. But i guess there is no way of knowingExpect the Canadian Dollar to keep rising!
I found my bank exchange rate was better than the Exchange store at the Mall.Had to get USD for the trip today as we leave on Friday. Got $1500 USD which made it a little over $1900 CAD at the local exchange rate store. The Canadian dollar is just brutal right now
Huh! I didn’t know that you could do that. Transfer Canadian GC to US GC.The rate fluctuates based on the closing rate (I think from the night before?). You can lock in the rates if you have a Disney card from the US (I have one I redeemed movie points for, it was $5 USD). I combined all the CAD cards I bought onto the USD card on the manage your Disney gift cards site, and it locks in the rate in USD, so it doesn't change any more. I found that helpful when trying to plan things and know how much it will actually be worth. You can also use the cards to pay for tickets, or the Disney hotels, packages, cruises, online or over the phone (or through a travel agent if you use one). Hopefully that makes sense
Huh! I didn’t know that you could do that. Transfer Canadian GC to US GC.
Oh good! I have some empty US GCs I transferred balance from just before my April/May DL trip.The gift card thread has been discussing the topic. It's a pretty darn cool way to avoid the 2.5% forex fee on credit cards, and it also allows the locking in or at least averaging of the dollar. I had a US$ gift card that I bought a couple months ago. I had emptied the card by using the entire balance as a deposit for an upcoming stay at Pop Century in August. I was able to successfully reload that $US gift card by transferring a $CAD gift card that I'd bought at Shopper's Drugmart. Whoever came up with the idea was brilliant