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Old Oct 31, 2016 | 10:42 pm
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Originally Posted by Sintaku
Actually they have MVR but the hotels all charge in USD, I only noticed MVR because I was looking for a sim card since Project Fi doesn't provide coverage in Maldives.
Both true! They have the Maldivian rufiyaa, but all hotels process USD natively to get hard currency into the country. You're still able to get hit with DCC if you don't have a USD card. You would also get a foreign transaction fee if your USD denominated card had one. (I imagine everyone on here with stateside issued USD cards would have a 0% FTF card.)
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