Originally Posted by
prasha11
This is strange....If you use credit card, they(hotel) have nothing to do with the Exchange rate and the conversion. I am curious and assume there is some misunderstanding. I heard non-Indians pay additional taxes at the hotel! Do you still have the receipt?
The way it worked was this:
They tallied the Cash portion of the Cash & Points (which was $90) and converted it into Rupees and added it to my other charges (drinks at the bar) which was already in Rupees. They gave me a final total for all expenses.
THEN, it got charged to my credit card and reconverted to U.S. dollars.
When I asked about the amount and why the $90 converted into such a high amount of Rupees, they said it was 'the exchange rate'.
Some places do have a foreigner fee (I've noticed it's mostly at tourist attractions, not hotels) but that wasn't part of it.