Originally Posted by
leonidas
I always go to the India website and get quoted in Rupees. When converted to USD that becomes a much lower charge onto my US credit card.
This is assuming you are using one of the cards that waive finance charges for foreign transactions? If not, the cards add about 3.5% as "Finance Charge".. but there are plenty of credit cards around that waive such charges.. AA executive Advantage card, Marriott Chase Visa card, AMEX Platinum..