Originally Posted by
sdsearch
Again, there's a historical for this: Until a few years ago, it would have cost you more to be billed in USD than in your home currency, because credit cards tended to charge for foreign currency, not foreign transactions.
That's when Avis instututed this and lots of people loved it.
The credit card I have to use for my car rentals (because it's the one with the insurance) still carries a 2.5% foreign currency fee, which I find quite high. But my experience shows that those 2.5% are still significantly less than what I end up paying if I accept the DCC exchange rates that Avis would like me to accept.
