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Old Feb 23, 2016, 12:26 am
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zyxlsy
 
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Originally Posted by diburning
Is it by chance a Visa card? Most CCs/banks will lump it together though.
No, Arrival+ from Barclay is a MasterCard.

I stopped using Visa in countries where their currencies follow market rates. In countries with rate control, I find Visa usable.

My concern is A+ using a worse rate for large transactions, mentioned by some of the posts here. They also say it started in Jan 2016.

I haven't been able to independently verify this. My transactions in Singapore were not all huge enough and the results were inconsistent.

I still tend to believe A+ doesn't do this dirty thing. But who wants to gamble on a $1000 charge where the potential hidden fee can be over $10?
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