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Old Nov 27, 2015, 12:40 pm
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Originally Posted by jerryhung
Data point from my early Nov trip, bad rate at Fairmont Abu Dhabi Frankie Italian restaruant

$150 USD dining certificates should be close to $550 AED (pegged at 3.67), but I only got 520 AED according to the manager... I never saw any official "FX/exchange", they probably just pull it out of nowhere
The FPC dining certs have a really crappy exchange rate. They use the hotel's posted cash exchange rate on the day. It's the gift cards that have the great rate.
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