Originally Posted by mreed911

Not true.

From my AMEX statement, the charge from AA:

11/19/2010 Fri AMERICAN AIRLINES INC mreed911 280.64
Doing Business As: AMERICAN AIRLINES INC
Merchant Address: CC BILLING/ATTN:J GARDNER
P O BOX 582820 MD766
TULSA OK 74158
UNITED STATES
Category: Travel - Airline

The Expedia voucher refund:

11/19/2010 Fri
EXPEDIA MERCHANT CAR800-397-3342 mreed911 -278.87
Foreign Spend Amount: 283.08 CANADIAN DOLLAR
Doing Business As: EXPEDIA CANADA MERCHANT

The FTF fee credit:

11/19/2010 Fri
FOREIGN TRANSACTION FEE mreed911 -7.53
Foreign Spend Amount: 283.08 CANADIAN DOLLAR
Doing Business As: EXPEDIA CANADA MERCHANT

So, I got the +/- $7 FTF refund, and the Airfare charge is a US charge since it's a US airline. And, since the voucher covered the rest of the cost, there is no CHARGE from Expedia.ca for the hotel, etc., so no FTF fee incurred.

So, yes, we get the voucher difference as a refund, AND get the FTF fee (which was never incurred) on TOP of that. A nice little bonus due to technicalities of how Expedia handles the purchase (setting the airline charges out separately from the airline itself).