Checked out of the Clarion at Dublin Airport this morning. Was staying on points but had 5.24 Euro in incidentals. Handed over my Hyatt Visa with no foreign transaction fees. Got back a charge slip showing I was being charged $7.91 US dollars at an exchange rate of 1.49.

Asked them to redo it and charge it in Euros. He said that he didn't know how and that this was the way it had to be done. I really didn't want to spend 30 minutes with them arguing about it and then having to wait for them to figure out how to charge my card in euros. Had to get to the airport to catch flight home.

So I just signed it. Got back the receipt and of course it says that I have agreed to be charged in dollars at exchange rate 3.5% above interbank rate. Granted in my case it was only about 25 cents. But its the principle that bothers me. I was more or less forced to sign the thing. Even when I asked to have it done in Euros, I was told it couldn't be done.

I'm inclined to dispute the charge over the stupid 25 cents. It shouldn't matter but I didn't pay cash because I had purposely spent all foreign currency before coming home.