Originally Posted by Dadaluma83

I think I found a situation where DCC is actually the best choice. It has been announced US Soccer will play a game in Chile, out of curiosity I started browsing some hotels in Santiago and I am seeing extra terms and conditions where foreigners are exempt from Chilean sales tax, but you must pay in a currency other than Chilean Pesos.

So I am guessing the markup from DCC is probably less than the sales tax for the native currency.