Originally Posted by
oliver2002
My experiences in India were that the DCC default to card issuers currency is hard coded into the terminal and can only be lifted by a sequence of certain key strokes (see my earlier post about experiences in Kolkata in this thread). If the cashier at the hotel calls his technical contact, they can guide him/her on how to disable DCC on the terminal.
Though it is bad to assume stereotypes, I found Indian people to be quite deceptive. One time in Queenstown NZ, the Indian guy at the front desk tried to give me a 12pm "late checkout", saying the checkout time is 11am. I said I am a platinum IHG member, and asked what the hotel policy is for IHG Plats regarding late checkouts, he said usually the hotel gives 1pm. I asked then why I am not receiving 1pm, he said ok he could give me 1pm.
The next morning I went to the front desk and asked the nice New Zealand lady who checked me in, and she gave me 2pm without me even asking for that time.
No offence to anyone on this forum, just that the post above describing there are hidden key stroke sequences to avoid DCC in India brought up this memory of mine...
On another topic, AMEX SPG cards are soon waiving FTF. I can finally use my SPG cards for oversee SPG stays. Even using it for regular purchases might be more beneficial than using the another one of the best, the Barclay Arrival+. At least for now AMEX cannot be DCCed.
The Barclay Arrival+ has fell back to my back up card for oversee regular purchases, and the one for Chip-and-Pin.