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Old Oct 18, 2013 | 11:06 pm
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Originally Posted by lcpteck
Argh, just realized from my bank statement that I got DCCed by The Astor, Luxury Collection Hotel by Starwood. Initially used my Amex as I always do but due to some complications explained by the front desk manager that it couldn't go through so had to use my Visa. When I signed the slip during checkout I ticked the RMB box and I forgot to check whether did they process it again before handing back my credit card...

Can't seem to find my receipt to do a dispute with my issuing bank. Oh well, lesson learned.
Might not be all bad (St. Regis Shenzhen front desk not bar).

But since you don't have merchant slip copy and given Singapore banks' reluctance to chargeback, what's done is probably spilt milk by now.
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