Old Jun 7, 16, 6:41 am
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der_saeufer
 
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Belgium
Posts: 865
Not that we need any more, but a JPY data point. Purchases were made 20 minutes apart.

A pizza purchased with CSP (Visa), JPY 1868 = USD 17.56 (1 USD = 106.38 JPY)

A couple electronic items purchased with a First Tech Mastercard, JPY 1836 = USD 17.09 (1 USD = 107.43 JPY)

Unsurprisingly, the rate is off by almost exactly 1%. I didn't realize that "no foreign transaction fee" actually meant "we'll still get 1% by manipulating the exchange rate".

Most of my purchases while travelling are categories that get double UR points, so I'll probably suck it up and effectively pay 0.5¢ per point for them.
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