On 25 July, 14:36, Mizter T wrote:
A friend has been given quite a lot of Euro coinage that all adds up
to a fair amount whack (n.b. this is not a result of either money
laundering nor theft!), and was pondering on how he might be able to
spend it in London - he's not planning on travelling to Euroland for
some time to come (having just returned from an extended escapade),
and anyway likes to travel light.


Euros are accepted at Heathrow 1-3, Heathrow terminal 4, Kings Cross,
Liverpool St, Paddingdon, Victoria and Waterloo.

However the exchange rate is something like 1.2 Euros to the pound.

On Jul 25, 4:42*pm, " wrote:

On 25 July, 14:36, Mizter T wrote:

A friend has been given quite a lot of Euro coinage that all adds up
to a fair amount whack (n.b. this is not a result of either money
laundering nor theft!), and was pondering on how he might be able to
spend it in London - he's not planning on travelling to Euroland for
some time to come (having just returned from an extended escapade),
and anyway likes to travel light.

Euros are accepted at Heathrow 1-3, Heathrow terminal 4, Kings Cross,
Liverpool St, Paddingdon, Victoria and Waterloo.

Thanks muchly for the info. (I know the ticket office at Heathrow T5
is run by BAA's Heathrow Express operation as opposed to by LU itself,
so perhaps that explains the omission - but I'd be intrigued if they
didn't accept Euros there whilst they were accepted everywhere else.)

The question in my mind is now whether or not they take coins - one
can but ask, of course.

(And out of interest I wonder is they take US$ too?)


However the exchange rate is something like 1.2 Euros to the pound.

That's alright, isn't it? XE.com has EUR1.20 as being GBP1.00356 at
the moment.

Greetings.

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Mizter T wrote:
On Jul 25, 4:42 pm, " wrote:

On 25 July, 14:36, Mizter T wrote:

A friend has been given quite a lot of Euro coinage that all adds up
to a fair amount whack (n.b. this is not a result of either money
laundering nor theft!), and was pondering on how he might be able to
spend it in London - he's not planning on travelling to Euroland for
some time to come (having just returned from an extended escapade),
and anyway likes to travel light.

Euros are accepted at Heathrow 1-3, Heathrow terminal 4, Kings Cross,
Liverpool St, Paddingdon, Victoria and Waterloo.

Thanks muchly for the info. (I know the ticket office at Heathrow T5
is run by BAA's Heathrow Express operation as opposed to by LU itself,
so perhaps that explains the omission - but I'd be intrigued if they
didn't accept Euros there whilst they were accepted everywhere else.)

The question in my mind is now whether or not they take coins - one
can but ask, of course.

If you do, please let us know what their response is. I'm in a similar
situation to your friend. I'd much rather spend the coins in London on an
Oyster top-up than have them sitting in a drawer indefinitely.

Regards,
Tristan

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On 25/07/2010 23:07, Tristan Miller wrote:
Greetings.

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Mizter T wrote:
On Jul 25, 4:42 pm, wrote:

On 25 July, 14:36, Mizter wrote:

A friend has been given quite a lot of Euro coinage that all adds up
to a fair amount whack (n.b. this is not a result of either money
laundering nor theft!), and was pondering on how he might be able to
spend it in London - he's not planning on travelling to Euroland for
some time to come (having just returned from an extended escapade),
and anyway likes to travel light.

Euros are accepted at Heathrow 1-3, Heathrow terminal 4, Kings Cross,
Liverpool St, Paddingdon, Victoria and Waterloo.

Thanks muchly for the info. (I know the ticket office at Heathrow T5
is run by BAA's Heathrow Express operation as opposed to by LU itself,
so perhaps that explains the omission - but I'd be intrigued if they
didn't accept Euros there whilst they were accepted everywhere else.)

The question in my mind is now whether or not they take coins - one
can but ask, of course.

If you do, please let us know what their response is. I'm in a similar
situation to your friend. I'd much rather spend the coins in London on an
Oyster top-up than have them sitting in a drawer indefinitely.

Regards,
Tristan

Well, why don't you just save them for your next trip to the Eurozone?
You might even want to sift through them and see if you can't find any
coins from the newer Eurozone members -- if you're into numismatics at all.

Greetings.

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wrote:
The question in my mind is now whether or not they take coins - one
can but ask, of course.

If you do, please let us know what their response is. I'm in a similar
situation to your friend. I'd much rather spend the coins in London on
an Oyster top-up than have them sitting in a drawer indefinitely.

Well, why don't you just save them for your next trip to the Eurozone?

Well, that's the status quo: I have no plans to visit the Eurozone, so the
coins will be sitting in my drawer indefinitely. Should I ever have reason
to go to the Eurozone, the coins will come out. But who knows how far in
the future that will be?

Regards,
Tristan

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On 25/07/2010 16:42, wrote:
On 25 July, 14:36, Mizter wrote:
A friend has been given quite a lot of Euro coinage that all adds up
to a fair amount whack (n.b. this is not a result of either money
laundering nor theft!), and was pondering on how he might be able to
spend it in London - he's not planning on travelling to Euroland for
some time to come (having just returned from an extended escapade),
and anyway likes to travel light.


Euros are accepted at Heathrow 1-3, Heathrow terminal 4, Kings Cross,
Liverpool St, Paddingdon, Victoria and Waterloo.

However the exchange rate is something like 1.2 Euros to the pound.

Saw a sign passing through KXSP today that euros are accepted.