Originally Posted by
zyxlsy
It's funny I don't have a card to try out DCC in the US...
My cards are either issued in US, or issued in China with the dual-currency being USD...
Same here for me in HK
Originally Posted by
tmiw
One possible option we considered over in the EMV thread is to get a Travelex prepaid card. The minimum loads, exchange rates and fees are horrible though so unless you really wanted to know about DCC in the US I'd find some other solution. (Also there's no guarantee that POSes here won't skip DCC altogether because they think it's a USD card even with other currencies on it.)
That's just volunteering for DCC by Travelex isn't it?
Commbank also has a Traveller's Card in Aus that is similarly horrendous.