Originally Posted by
onobond
Besides the exchange/forex fee, have You seen anywhere in the world an extra 3.75% ( or any) charge just because Your Card is issued abroad?
Small and medium retailers in Asia do it all the time because they have to pay 3-5% in fees. Only hotels, airlines, department-stores etc. will let you pay with cc without a surcharge
Being a Dane, I have both a Dankort and MC (issued by Danish banks). No doubt that the retailer pays a %-fee when payment is made by cc (not Dankort where the fee is only 0.5 DKK as I recall it) but I have never experienced that the customer pays a fee or surcharge to the retailer. Maybe it is because my MC is not considered to be foreign when issued by a Danish bank?
A lot of retailers in DK don't accept MC due the exorbitant fees and because Dankort is dominant and widely accepted in Denmark.