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Old Nov 21, 2015 | 8:37 am
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Originally Posted by MVF Trekker
I have a question pertaining to DCC. I know it's almost always a good idea not to request DCC but wouldn't be more advantageous to request it in some instances in which there's a high probability that you might request a full refund?

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Under either scenario, the deposit and the refund will be AUD500, not the equivalent amount in US$. The hotel is not going to keep records in a foreign currency. The difference will be who computes the conversion at the times that the deposit is made and refunded, the hotel or your credit card processor; in either case, the rate of conversion at the time of the transaction, deposit or refund, will be used to compute the US$ equivalent.
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