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Old Apr 21, 2014 | 12:06 am
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Originally Posted by moondog
No. If you use an FTF card and DCC, you get hit twice because the transaction is still "foreign".
Did you not read the previous sentence before the one you bolded?

Several years ago, credit card companies charged foreign currency fees only if you used your card in a foreign currency. DCC enabled you to avoid this. Upset at the lost revenue, the credit card companies changed foreign currency fees to foreign transaction fees.
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