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    Alsa bus tickets

    How long have you got to connect? Oviedo bus station is fairly easy to navigate - it's one long row of numbered departure bays. There are big screens inside that tell you where your bus departs from. It won't take more than 10 minutes to walk from one end to the other.
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    Stamps per day from Porto??

    The truth is that, for the Compostela, only the last 100km count. Unless you want the distance certificate you don't need to get any stamps before the last 100km.
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    Having something mailed to Santiago

    Could you phone your bank and explain the situation? They might be able to delay the deactivation of your old card.
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    Stamps in Sarria when need to rest?

    You don't need to get stamps when you're resting. Get another stamp in Sarria on the day you leave to show your continuous walking journey.
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    Low fee ATMs. Where

    And exactly the same thing happens to those with accounts held in the UK and other SEPA countries.
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    Low fee ATMs. Where

    No my account is held in Germany.
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    Low fee ATMs. Where

    This seems entirely at odds with the reality on the ground. It is clearly the ATM provider that is making charges on my cash withdrawals here in Greece. It doesn't even show as a fee on my account. It simply shows an ATM withdrawal of e.g. €81.50.
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    Low fee ATMs. Where

    Greece, that's what I was asked about.
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    Low fee ATMs. Where

    You pay a fee of €1.50-2.50 (used to be more in some places but government recently made banks reduce fees). Contactless is fine in the cities. In villages most businesses prefer cash. The law is if it's over €30 they have to take card, but in reality sometimes they will tell you the machine is...
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    Low fee ATMs. Where

    In Greece, yes, I always pay a fee. In Spain, I used LiberBank for free.
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    Low fee ATMs. Where

    It used to be the same in the UK until about 25 years ago or thereabouts (but charges were only about 20p. It is still the case in many European countries. Here in Greece I pay €1.50 to withdraw cash from a different bank's ATM.
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    Low fee ATMs. Where

    There may also be a "foreign transaction fee" even if you withdraw your home currency. I once made the mistake of withdrawing Sterling from my UK bank account at Dublin airport!
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    Wise Debit Card on the Camino

    I simply keep most of my funds in other "spaces" within my account that the debit card doesn't access.
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    Getting a bike from the UK

    Take a long ferry crossing to Bilbao or Santander.
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    USA to Madrid, Madrid to Cairo separate tickets

    If you don't have to change terminal, I don't think you will go through immigration at all in Madrid, as you will not leave the airport secure area.
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    Wise Debit Card on the Camino

    I use my German* debit card everywhere in Europe. I only pay local ATM charges or if I go over my maximum withdrawals per month at the ATM. *I use N26 which has a German IBAN but is available throughout the EU.
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    Low fee ATMs. Where

    LiberBank was free when I was there, but it was a year ago.
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    Compostela: Electric Bikes Excluded?

    This separation also exists on some paths in Spain.
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    Help. Trying to pay a deposit for a reservation on PayPal

    The long ES number is an IBAN, which you use to make a bank transfer. It's not for PayPal.
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    Best way to get from Madrid to Leon, early?

    It leaves from Chamartín, though.

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