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Old Sep 18, 2011 | 11:37 pm
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tauphi
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Originally Posted by percysmith
Hmmm...if a few weeks ago (assuming posting date is also a few weeks ago) then the markup is about 4%. yuropflyer's bank charges 0.9%, Visa 1%, can't explain the remaining ~2% (Visa's exchange being really crap or something).
My guess would be that the transaction occurred pre-devaluation, but didn't post until afterwards.
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