Originally Posted by
rasheed
I am sure it is a specific processor doing such evil deeds. The worse part is one of them was the SYD duty free.
The bank will usually be identified on the receipt and often on the terminal too. I've certainly seen some
ANZ terminals that do DCC. It would be interesting to know who else.
Now AUS has other quirks like the allowance of merchants to charge a service fee (which I saw come up a number of times), and they are tap for *everything* including their stored value transit cards, amusement park tickets, hotels, passport e-gates, but I didn't have a good non-FTF tap card to use sadly.
SPG Amex is a good option but, being Amex, avoids the whole issue of DCC. (The first time I ever used mine successfully for tap was in Australia, as all the times to that point that I'd tried in the USA had failed.)