Originally Posted by
jamar
If it's like the one I bumped into, it's actually really darn easy to opt out of. The button might not be red, but there is definitely a "cancel" button of some kind on the terminal to push, and by terminal, remind them it's what they inserted the card into. And the prompt on the screen is in both languages.
I am sure there was a way to bypass this, but this was the first American credit card they had seen in 20 years of business. I have no Japanese at all, and they were nice and all. The food and service was fantastic.
Moral of the story that I learned in Tokyo is carry piles of cash. Trying to explain the concept of DCC via Google translate is not what I consider a good time.