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Old Mar 14, 2009, 4:45 pm
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allset2travel
 
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Originally Posted by mahasamatman
When booking a prepaid rate at a foreign hotel on spg.com, does the charge come through in USD or in the hotel's local currency?
On your reservation, it shows local currency. If you charged it to a CC, your CC will show in US$ (at the then conversion rate). Your CC may also tag on a "currency conversion surcharge of x%). The x varies from card to card (can be as high as 3%). I use Capital-1 which waives such surcharge fees.
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