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Old Sep 24, 2015 | 5:49 pm
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Originally Posted by YuropFlyer
Discovered DCC in the UAE (Abu Dhabi) for the first time now.

It was at a restaurant, luckily I was there to enter the PIN. It was compliant (asking to pay in Dirham or my own currency) and it seems all is fine after I pressed Dirham, but it's yet another country which seems to be on the list where one has to be careful. At least no DCC spotted at ATMs there yet, but I guess it's just for the time being
The UAE has already been documented. I imagine it's route for DCC like HK and Macau due to the large foreign card presence from expat workers, tourists, and transit visitors.
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