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Old Jul 7, 2011 | 7:43 pm
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Pay with American Express as they are a closed system and the currency conversion is done by them when issuing your monthly bill.

Don't use Visa or Mastercard as more and more credit card processors are introducing what is called Dynamic Currency Conversion or "DCC" where the currency conversion is done at the Point of Sale (if the store clerk does not know how to override the system to not do the conversion) at less favorable exchange rates.
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