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Old Nov 30, 2016 | 2:49 pm
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Originally Posted by tylerc
Just checked into a hotel in Maldives, and they've used DCC (I didn't know it existed until seeing the ridiculous exchange rate) - since it is the pre-auth only, can I ask them to reverse it and charge again with no DCC? I'd like to use this credit card as it has no foreign transaction fees, but even paying with a different card will save me quite a bit. The pre-auth was $500 USD/day, for 5 days so it adds up (my card is a CDN card).
Maldives charges in USD (while they've their own currency, all credit card charges afaik are in USD) - so if they charge you in USD, all is fine.

It would be DCC if they charge you in your native currency, CDN, not their local currency!
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