Originally Posted by
TObject
Is there a way to avoid DCC when renting from Europcar through the website?
I went through a pre-paid booking and it was confusing, they display the price in both euros and dollars.
The credit card transaction matched the displayed dollar amount to the cent, as such I assume DCC was in play.
I would not assume that.
Avis website always show USD if your address is in US. However before you get to the final page, if you opt for the local currency it will display the local currency but there is NO WAY to make it show local currency on the final confirmation.
HOWEVER, and this is IMPORTANT to know, (and check for yourself to see if Eurocar is the same) - the USD displayed on the final confirmation is a Market Rate translation from the local currency to USD, with very very little difference when you check the real time mean rate XE site shows. I have checked this on multiple international reservations and have yet found any padded % added to the USD display.
More over, when paid with a Visa or MC, in
some locations (FRA in our experience) even though the contract does not have the DCC language, and you have opted out DCC in your Avis profile, the charge still came in as USD, BUT was IDENTICAL as the amount shown on the reservation, regardless the exchange rate has gone up against the USD, i.e. if it is billed on current exchange rate we would have been charged MORE - but we were not. Therefore I have come to the conclusion - that
DO NOT ASSUME you are being DCCed if you see it is a USD charge - CHECK the exchange rate at the time the charge was billed - only until then you have no idea whether you are being DCCed or not.