{"id":1217,"date":"2012-05-14T11:38:54","date_gmt":"2012-05-14T18:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jett.in\/?p=1217"},"modified":"2012-05-14T11:38:54","modified_gmt":"2012-05-14T18:38:54","slug":"too-little-too-late-when-does-change-stop-being-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/wanderlusty\/2012\/05\/too-little-too-late-when-does-change-stop-being-good\/","title":{"rendered":"Too Little, Too Late &#8212; When Does Change Stop Being Good?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>at home, i hate carrying coins around with me. abroad, though, unless you&#8217;re willing to pay hefty transaction fees, using your debit or credit cards for small purchases just doesn&#8217;t make sense. meaning you come home with a ton of coins (or small bills) that you couldn&#8217;t manage to spend at the airport. i have an upcoming trip that will take me through three currency regions: the pound sterling, the euro, and the canadian dollar, and i have chump change from past trips to each.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jett.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/20120514-113848.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full \" src=\"http:\/\/jett.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/20120514-113848.jpg\" alt=\"Oyster Card, Pound Sterling Coinage\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">My UK stash (hopefully I haven&#039;t confused any Canadian coins)<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">at what point, though, does it not make sense to bring your leftover money with you? i have\u00a0\u00a31.97 (a little over $3 US) in 17 coins. i think i have come up with some sort of algorithm that takes into account:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the value of the money (\u2191)<\/li>\n<li>the number of coins (\u2193)<\/li>\n<li>the time spent in each area (\u2191)<\/li>\n<li>other upcoming trips where i will be able to use this currency (\u2193)<\/li>\n<li>how long until i can use the money on this trip (\u2193)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>according to this, i will bring my pound of pounds (ha, actually, not sure how much it weighs) but will leave my \u20ac1.05 (only two coins, but i will be going to germany later this summer) and C$8 (just transiting through canada on the way home after 10 days and will have lounge access, and will be going to toronto for a long weekend next month).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">something i wish is that more airlines would take part in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unicefusa.org\/campaigns\/changeforgood\/\" target=\"_blank\">UNICEF&#8217;s change for good<\/a> program, where flight attendants collect leftover change during flights that will be used to fund programs around the world. if i&#8217;m on a flight where they offer it, i donate. i&#8217;ve also seen collection points (maybe not related to this program) in airports as well, but this program needs to become more widespread. it&#8217;s a win-win situation for all.<\/p>\n<p>[youtube http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=A8-zHymC_pI?rel=0]<\/p>\n<p>for the record, i also have a collection of czech koruna, chinese yuan, hong kong dollars, south korean won, argentinean pesos, cambodian riel, and south african rand &#8212; none amounting to over a couple dollars&#8217; worth, if that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>at home, i hate carrying coins around with me. abroad, though, unless you&#8217;re willing to pay hefty transaction fees, using your debit or credit cards&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[12],"tags":[179,180,224,491],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.13 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Too Little, Too Late - When Does Change Stop Being Good? 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