Originally Posted by
hillrider
This topic has been exhaustively addressed in FT and there's an excellent wiki entry at
http://www.flyerguide.com/wiki/index...reign_Exchange
To be blunt, the fee on foreign purchases is a fee for the lazy who doesn't shop, while dynamic currency conversion is a fee on the ignorant who doesn't decline it.
You are missing the point. Foreign exchange fee charged by a credit card is my choice. Having my charges in US dollar by a foreign business is a forced foreign exchange fee.
Thanks to other who posted. I will be sure to sign with note to refuse payment in US dollars.
At present time, I am going to insist the SPG property to refund my $15. I wish more people would complain to the corporate office about this deceptive practice.