Originally Posted by
seattle29
I've lived in Malaysia for 6 months and have only encountered DCC once (at KUL duty free!) - local shops, restaurants etc. never seem to offer it to me. I've been using a mixture of Visa, Mastercard and Amex cards from banks in the UK, USA and I'm always charged in Malaysian ringgit without DCC being offered.
There is no DCC with Amex (which is why I prefer it) - but with Visa and MC, in 2014, I've often gotten the "choice" of getting scammed or not. Might be a relatively recent development in Malaysia, as I don't remember DCC from earlier visits (2009 till 2013) - but then I didn't really looked that carefully back then.
But yes, whenever I encountered DCC, it was the mild version of the scam, ie I could opt-out without having any difficulty.