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Old Sep 30, 2013 | 6:59 am
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Originally Posted by reclusive46
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.
Oh wow! I didn't know that merchants in the US were guilty of DCC too. However, wouldn't you have grounds to file a complaint with the card issuer if the receipt showed in USD but the amount was charged in GBP? You were clearly not offered a choice in that case.
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