Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport (or Sydney International Airport, or SYD) is the world’s oldest and Australia’s biggest commercial airport, serving both domestic and international flights.
Located around 5 miles from the city the centre, SYD is a major hub for Qantas Airways, Australian national carrier, one of the oldest airlines in the world.
There are two out of ‘four big banks’, represented at the airport: Westpac and ANZ.
ANZ Bank offers a full range of banking services including currency exchange.
Here are the directions of the bank’s branches and ATMs across the facility:
Terminal 1, International Arrivals, before security checks.
Phone: 02 9156 7100
Services: full banking service including telegraphic transfers
Working hours: Every day from 5:30 am to 10:00 pm. For transfers – Monday to Friday from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm.
Terminal 1, International Departures
Phone: 02 9156 7100 (general inquiries)
Services: Opening and maintenance of accounts, financial consultations such as mortgage and small business, credit lines and loans, ANZ travel cards upon appointment.
You can get ANZ Travel Card to use your money abroad at a pre-determined rate. It is not necessary to be ANZ client.
ATM Services at SYD
Directions:
- Domestic Terminal Qantas Lounge
- Level 2, International Departures
- Qantas Domestic Arrivals and Departures
- Qantas Domestic Terminal
- Ground Floor, Terminal of International Arrivals
- Domestic Concourse, Level 2
- Terminal of Domestic Arrivals, Level 1
Directions: Departure Level, next to Australian Postal Office
Opening hours: Every day from 6:00 am to 10:00 pm.
Travelex Currency Exchange Service Points at SYD
- Airside Departures C, Gates 60-63
Phone: (02) 9693 8545
Working hours: Every day from 5:00 am to 10:00 pm - Airside Departures C, Gate 30
Phone: (02) 9693 8556
Working hours: Every day from 5:00 am to 10:30 pm - Terminal 1, International Departures
Phone: (02) 9667 8946
Working hours: Every day from 5:00 am to 10:00 pm - Domestic airport, Qantas Gate 3
Phone: (02) 9313 4884
Working hours: Every day from 5:45 am to 8:00 pm - Landside Departures, Check-in G
Phone: (02) 9693 8564
Working hours: Every day from 5:00 am to 8:30 pm - Domestic airport, Qantas Terminal 3
Phone: (02) 8339 1747
Working hours: Every day from 5:45 am to 5:45 pm - Airside Baggage, Arrivals A, Gate 22
Phone: (02) 9693 8550
Working hours: Every day from 4:45 am to 10:00 pm - Airside Baggage, Arrivals B, Gate 30
Phone: (02) 9693 8551
Working hours: Every day from 5:45 am to 1:45 pm - Airside Arrivals C
Phone: (02) 9693 8543
Working hours: Every day from 5:45 am to 10:00 pm - Airside Baggage, Arrivals C
Phone: (02) 9693 8568
Working hours: Every day from 5:45 am to 1:45 pm - Terminal 1, Departures B, Gate 31
Phone: (02) 9693 8554
Working hours: Every day from 5:45 am to 1:45 pm - Terminal 1, Departures B, GST Refund
Phone: (02) 9693 8523
Working hours: Every day from 5:45 am to 7:00 pm - Terminal 1, Departures B, Information Forum
Phone: (02) 8338 2914
Working hours: Every day from 4:45 am to 10:00 pm - Airside Departures C, Gates 52-54
Phone: (02) 9693 8557
Working hours: Every day from 4:45 am to 10:30 pm - Travelex Currency Exchange
Directions: Landside Departures, Check-in K
Phone: (02) 9693 8548
Working hours: Every day from 4:45 am to 8:30 pm - Airside Departures C, Gate 53
Phone: (02) 9693 8561
Working hours: Every day from 4:45 am to 9:30 pm - Landside Departures Check-in H
Phone: (02) 9693 8538
Working hours: Every day from 4:45 am to 9:30 pm - Terminal 1, Landside Arrivals B
Phone: (02) 9693 8549
Working hours: Every day from 4:45 am to 11:00 pm - Landside Departures Check-in G
Phone: (02) 9667 8948
Working hours: Every day from 5:00 am to 11:00 pm
How to use ATMs: notes and dimensions
ATMs in Australia generally give only the mix of two dimensions bank notes – $20 and $50, so it is possible only withdraw a combination of these amounts. At gas stations, some ATMs also dispense $10, but again only in combinations of $20 and $50, and sometimes you can get $100 notes as well, but it is very rare. So make sure you are withdrawing a correct sum otherwise it will not be able to dispense cash.
Bank fees
If your card currency is different, the cash will be exchanged using the wholesale exchange rate, which is always better than the rate in any local currency exchange.
As for the fees for using a foreign ATM, apart from your home bank’s ones, Australian banks will also charge a foreign card holder for using their ATM. Usually, it is around $2 per transaction, unless your card issuer is a partner bank of WestPac or Citibank. In this case, you will be able to withdraw money without any commissions. So before you go abroad, contact your bank and obtain the information on transaction fees overseas.