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Old Apr 23, 2014, 2:54 pm
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reclusive46
 
Join Date: Jul 2012
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Originally Posted by Majuki
I have mentioned before, when the scam happened to me at the Frankfurt Marriott about a year ago, I complained to Marriott directly and had a correspondence with the general manager at the hotel who offered me many more Marriott Rewards points than the DCC fee for the inconvenience. Most recently the DCC verbiage was on my hotel bill at Hotel Arts in Barcelona, but I requested to pay in euros at checkout and the DCC-free credit card slip appeared.
To cause even more confusion, I've found a lot of Starwood hotels have started quoting the bill in £s (And I assume whatever currency the country your from uses) looking like its DCC and when you check out they do actually charge you in local currency, its just an indicative amount.
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