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On a related note, I wrote about what seems to be Norwegian's own version of DCC: bad exchange rate in excess of 25% more than market rate for bookings in USD versus NOK, applicable to all cards (not just Visa/MC), and payment currency is tied to language choice (difficult to opt-out). And only the US language version of the site is exempt from the 1.99% credit card surcharge (unless you want to use a debit card). Read more here:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/other...norwegian.html
Maybe someone in this thread cares more about the issue; I didn't get much of a response in the "other European airlines" forum. This is the most egregious example of overcharging related to currency choice I've ever seen. How can we make them stop doing this?
Definitely people on this thread care about such issues, but you can't stop ignorance. It's just like people swearing up and down that they'll never get burned again by flying <you name it ultra low cost carrier>, but there are many more who will take the bait. If the prices are 2-5x cheaper, I think few people will question the applied exchange rate which allows the markup to continue.