Originally Posted by
TravelinSperry
I did wonder how they could do that - but I think other companies follow their lead. I've used Uber before when traveling Internationally - and wasn't provided any option to choose currency. Just billed in home currency. Not sure if their conversion rate was good/poor however (it was so cheap I didn't care much).
I don't know if this is technically DCC. From what I remember, when you use Uber internationally, the price they quote is in your home currency, so no conversion is taking place. You signed up for Uber in your home country, and they are billing you from your home country using a merchant account based in that country. The "transaction" takes place in your home country, even if the ride took place elsewhere.
It seems a bit different from a brick-and-mortar store that actually displays prices in one currency and charges you in another.