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Taking a Train from Moscow City to Yaroslavky

walking to the wagon We chose deliberately in the winter to travel from Moscow to Yaroslavsky. In my defense, we kinda had to use the holiday a little bit. If we're waiting for the good weather, it probably not gonna happen for 3 months and then nothing again. So this trip was taken on February 2026. So we've decided to take a few days off going from Moscow to half of the golden ring. The name ring, means literally ring. Refers to a few cities that used to be very important in the past. Starting from Moscow city (where which we're coming from, technically). I have to mention the cities here anyway; Sergiyev Posad, Pereslavl Zalessky, Rostov Veliky, Yaroslavl, Kostroma, Ivanovo, Vladimir, and Suzdal. there will be info about the train  We took the train trip from Moscow. I would say it's the "normal type" of train. So we sat next to each other. Two seaters next to each other. I think my husband took the non-economy one. He booked the train from the app, tutu. T...

Pakai Debit Jenius di Luar Negeri

Amsterdam Central Station 

Ini pertama kalinya pakai debit Jenius di luar negeri. Pemakaian ini menggunakan sumber dana EUR yang ada di aplikasi. Jadi uang yang keluar adalah uang EUR, bukan IDR. 

Untuk buka rekening valas di Jenius, tinggal ditambahkan saja bagian buka akun valas lalu pilih kurs yang diinginkan. Di kasus ini gw punya rekening EUR di Jenius yang ditujukan untuk transaksi di Eropa. 

Karena kemarin lagi di Belanda, akhirnya pengen coba pakai debit card Jenius karena EDC di Belanda belum tentu bisa untuk kartu kredit saja. Sebelum digunakan tentunya jangan lupa untuk menyambungkan kartu debit ke rekening mata uang asingnya biar sumber pengeluaran juga langsung dari tabungan valas itu. Tinggal klik klik aja kok.

Tibalah saatnya menggunakan mata uang EUR yang sudah kubeli dari Jenius. Waktu itu gw pakainya di Schipol, di dua toko berbeda, dan keduanya nggak bisa tap langsung. Jadi harus insert kartu, tentu bukan masalah. 

Karena terbiasa dengan transaksi pakai IDR meskipun di luar negeri, di toko pertama secara refleks gw pencet IDR di mesin EDC. Pilihan kurs akan muncul sebelum memasukkan PIN, biasanya dalam bentuk IDR (mata uang asli kartu tersebut) dan kurs di negara asing tersebut. Saat itu transaksi sekitar EUR 21.90 tapi karena pilih IDR maka dia menunjukkan jumlah dalam IDR. Setelah transaksi ada notifikasi langsung masuk ke app dengan jumlah total EUR 23,76. 

Mikir dong, "Lho kok beda? Perasaan tadi cuma nggak sampai 23 deh?"

Berlalulah pikiran itu, dan belanjalah gw ke tempat lain. Kali ini gw pakai EUR aja lah karena harusnya ya yang keluar bisa EUR karena gw udah punya EUR. Jumlah yang ketarik dari kartu cuma sebesar yang ditagihkan, yaitu EUR 14,10. 

Notifikasinya terlihat beda kan?

Karena penasaran, gw cek detail transaksinya. Oh ternyata, untuk toko yang pertama ketika menggunakan IDR (yang ditarik dari rekening EUR) jumlah uang yang keluar adalah sejumlah kurs valas per hari itu. Ibarat kata kita udah punya EUR via aplikasi, lalu dikonvert ke IDR karena pencet kurs IDR di EDC, lalu jumlahnya dikonvert lagi ke EUR dengan rate hari itu. Agak tricky dan ngeselin juga. But now I know. 

Apakah worth it menggunakan Jenius debit card untuk transaksi di luar negeri? Bagi gw iya, karena di Belanda harga sen pun bisa pakai debit card. 

Jadi gimana, apa kalian pernah juga pakai kartu debit Jenius di luar negeri?

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