Originally Posted by
Majuki
It's interesting because I have only read reports of merchants in the UK balking at chip-and-signature cards even though they were specifically allowed in the case of a disability preventing one from using a PIN. It's great to see some action being taken on this. Now if we could just focus on those pesky DCC charges that manage to sneak in on our receipts...
Haha. Visa stopped new merchants from using DCC in the Asia Pacific, so hopefully the same thing will happen in Europe.
You obviously won't experience it but the USA is the worst for DCC. Restaurants especially, they don't even show the DCC on the receipt and when you get your statement you find out they charged you in GBP. I almost always use my Amex in restaurants in the US as it always works out cheaper, even with the Forex fee.