FlyerTalk Forums - View Single Post - Points discrepancy with stays outside US (due to conversion rates?)

Aug 7, 2013 | 5:42 am

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socrates

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Remember there are both "buy" and "sell" rates for currency exchanges....while I'm not certain I'm pretty sure the calculation uses the buy rate