Originally Posted by fwdlink

HI All, just curious if any of my fellow overseas MP members have had a straight answer from the service desk as to the procedure that UA will use to determine the $ amount for our €,£ etc. transactions. This is my biggest worry, for example Hilton really stiffs its members, along with IHG with the lowest possible exchange rate for conversion. In fact in most cases it's far off from the day's currency trading, not even the low point, almost like a credit card transaction adding 3% on in foreign currency fees. Argh....

This is second in line to my worries of conversion to the spend system that may push me over the edge to another *A program. I'm already in a pickle with US having left for OW and nearly none of my destinations are OW serviced by directs and if they are, they are well overpriced.

Feeling the squeeze