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Old Mar 23, 2004 | 2:10 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by HKG_Flyer1:
Well, I stupidly, stupidly, used the card on a recent trip, and now find myself looking at an average unexplained add-on of 8-10%, in addition to the disclosed 2% mark-up.</font>
That's interesting. I used my Amex in a number of countries a few years back and the exchange rates were reasonable, even for currencies like the Vietnamese Dong.

Which currencies did you get hit with the 8-10% on?
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