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Old Sep 7, 2008 | 5:59 pm
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Originally Posted by iluv2fly
This happened to me once last year at the Duty Free Shop in SYD airport.

I insisted they cancel the first charge in A$ and bill me in US$, which they finally did but took time to do.
The problem most folks have is exactly the opposite -- the vendor wants to charge in dollars (at *his* conversion rate, which is usually higher than the credit card's), and since the transaction is foreign-based, if you have a U.S.-based VISA or MasterCard (or, I believe, Citi AMEX) you'll get charged the foreign transaction fee anyway.

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