Sure, no problem. Everybody needs hobby interests. Consistency is overrated anyway!

For a traveler's international payment needs, I suppose we could say that DCC is better than paying Travelex-like fees. And paying 2.7% to AMEX in FTF beats a 4-5% DCC, for now at least.

There are some folks (likely not FTers) who are so price-insensitive that they will still accept DCC or other "convenience" fees, even after understanding that they really have nothing to gain from accepting the fee. So the burden is on us to stay alert to the scammers. <sigh>