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Old Mar 28, 2013 | 6:44 am
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Originally Posted by spc354
It would make sense to use DCC when traveling in a country where the currency is volatile and tanks on a daily basis (say Zimbabwae... or Iran during a crisis... in other words where you expect the value of the local currency to go down rapidly).
I don't quite follow your reasoning. In such circumstances I would definitely go with the local currency charge, expecting the rate to fall by the time it is handled by the CC.

(btw - afaik the Zimbabwean dollar is a thing of the past )
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