How can I get smaller Thai baht denominations for daily purchases in Chiang Rai?

You can withdraw small amounts at a time, alternatively go to & buy something for 10 baht they will give you 990 baht change from 1 thousand baht, then don’t be like the general population who go to buy something for 110 baht & give 110 baht, give 200 & get 90 baht change. What drives me crazy is when your girl goes everywhere, including and spend all their small money, then go to a noodle stand to buy something for 50 baht & only have thousand baht notes 🤔, & the noodle shop has no change, so then they go where ? - to to get change 🤣🤣🤣

Got to the buy something cheap and pay with a G. All ATM's bang out the big notes

Only every 20th meal you have to do so 😉

withdraw 4,900

Don't most places take scan now? Just scan your 50 baht payment.

Go to , buy anything and they will change it for you.

You can pay by scanning a QR code in the Bangkok Bank app. Almost all restaurants, even small family-run Thai restaurants, let you pay by scanning, even small amounts.

Otherwise, 7-Eleven is your change machine. Or take out 4900 baht.

Head to your nearest gogo they will sell you wads of 20 baht notes to throw the girls.

Send me ur big notes

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There is nothing rude about paying for a meal. You worry entirely too much. I have paid with 1k notes, too many times to define, and that is using them to make meal purchases or items at the 7-Eleven or at a street vender, where if they don't for some reason have change, will ask the other venders to help the out. You will find there are certain machines that only give out 100 baht bills and that is a pain in the ass. Too many bills!

Ask your atm for 900 Baht or 4900 Baht and you’ll get smaller notes

Funny post. 😂🤣

When I need a lot of 100 baht notes, I go into the bank, hand them 3 or 4 1000 baht notes and tell them I want 100 bahts. Better to do it if the bank is not crowded.

Just buy something from

just buy anything you need at and change 1000 notes into 100's . 100 will do for any street food vendor

Common sense 😂

Is this really a serious post?

WTF?

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Yeah like others have said, 7-11 never complain about paying handing over 1k baht for a 10 baht item

7-11. Buy anything.

Go in the frickin' bank and change notes.

Pay by QR code from your new Bangkok Bank app

Go into 7-11 and buy something for say 30 bht OR just ask 7-11 to change it for smaller bills

At the ATM get you e.g 4900 Baht, then you have at least small change to start with. And when you go to the supermaket, give them the 1K Note for your groceries.

The problem isn't new, though.

whats rude about paying for a meal? Western sensibilities, they can easily get change and are happy to do so, then with change the problem disappears.

Go to a bank and change the notes for smaller denominations.

You can still buy a 6 baht bottle of water from seven eleven to get change. Or you can withdraw an amount that finish with 900, like withdrawing 1900 baht

I've used ATM Bangkok Bank and entered for example 9500 Baht .Found most local shops somehow expect farang to offer 1000 Baht note !

Just go back to drinking beer 😂 😂 😂 problem solved, just keep active to drop weight

Pull 4,900 and get some 100's and a 500

Just pull out 5000 and exchange at bank

Use the qr code at the food stall

When I go to Bangkok Bank ATMs, I can withdraw almost any amount beyond the basic choices like it presents, like 700 Baht - for that, it gives me a 500 and 2 100's. It you choose "other amount", you can specify to get something besides a factor of 1000. Works like a charm when I need smaller currency.

SCB atm gives out 500 baht notes at most 7-11s.

Get out 4900 baht.

Always give 1000 bhat

I'm going to throw this out there.... Maybe go to 711 and get some change.. Or even go into the bank... How did you survive in your home country... 🤣

Go to any bank branch and ask for 100s. I change 5k-10k baht at a time in 100s, keep the stack in your condo and just reload whenever you go out.

Or go to 7-11 and buy a bottle of water.

I don't use cash. Scan everything

Go to 7-11 and buy some ice cream

I go to and buy water or snacks and they break it for me. I also know the beverage stand at the markets I eat at can always break the 1K notes.

7 - 11. Buy a coke and a bag of chips with the 1,000b note. Problem solved

Change it in

Withdraw 4,900 bay and break the 1st thousand at the first possibility. can always break 1k with a smile

Go to 7 eleven and buy a soda for 18b

Problem solved

No sarcasm - the struggle is real! Every few months when I’m super motivated I get my bank to give me 50 and 500 baht notes. Very handy.

I usually get 900 or 1900 out, that way you get smaller bills

Withdraw 900

Just take out 4900 then you get mixture of notes

Agree with above - at Bangkok Bank ATMs there is a selection that simply says “withdrawal”, with no dollar amount. Click that & then key in $400 & you’ll get 100 baht notes. (Or 900, 400 will be $100 notes.) We do that for this reason, to get some smaller bills.

Any 7-11 will give you change without buying anything. If you need to buy, just buy a 10 Baht piece of candy or anything inexpensive. Or even buy a 6 Baht bottle of water at 7-11 and use 1000 Baht to pay.

Pay via QR code

Does BKK bank have an app. You can pay with sa-can

Have have you tried withdrawing 400 or 900 THB? I used to do that before but now i can pay by qr code scan.

MOST (not all) ATMs will let you pull out less than 1000. Whenever I use an ATM I usually do 1900 or 2900 just so I can get some small bills too.

Then every time I go to 7-11 for anything even a bottle of water, I pay with 1000 so I can get change. It's definitely still difficult sometimes to keep small bills.

You said you opened a Bangkok bank account. Download their app to your phone and you can start paying with transfers.

Ask the merchant if they accept scan. Or just say "scan" when it's time to pay and they'll point at a QR code usually. You just scan this in the relevant area of your banking app and and enter the amount and it's done. Paid for. Show them the confirmation from your phone immediately after and no more worries about large denominations.

You can pay this way at 99% of places in Thailand and it's one of the best advantages of having a Thai bank account (plus now you can use Wise to transfer money to Thailand with low fees).