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Old Apr 29, 2012 | 10:29 am
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David-A
 
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Originally Posted by phol
Even with 0% commission they could easily take a hundred quid out of you on the rate. As BA's base currency is GBP anyway it doesn't make much sense for them and us to get hit each way when they could just offer GBP sales globally.
They will obviouly always set local fares in local currency for marketing and other reasons, as such paying in GBP would be a live FX of that - with what ever rate load BA chose to put in.
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