Best way to use revolut?

[Batman1]

If you transfer money onto your revolut account, is it better to change it to dollars or leave it in £. I'm assuming that it converts it automatically each use?

[Burgmeister]

Its up to you really. I have already changed some for our trip coming up when the £ was above $1.30 but, yes, it will convert at time of use too.

One thing to bear in mind is that at the weekend Revolut adds a charge to any currency transactions (IIRC its about 0.5% off the closing rate on a Friday). To avoid this you can simply convert any dollars you intend to use over the weekend on the friday before.

Edit: Its not a charge per se, its simply a lower rate than you would expect