Originally Posted by
oliver2002
I'm a heavy user of car rentals in Europe with my US cards (previously CSP, now CSR), and this is the second time in one year I ran into DCC issues. Once it was Europcar in MUC who tried to DCC me at the counter and I caught it instantly, and now this case in Dublin. Avis, Sixt, Hertz and Europcar are usually no issue at all in Europe in over 30 rentals in the same time frame.
We rent exclusively with Avis primarily due to the AWD we used always gives us the best rates. Also as AA elite, we get additional bonus on each rental, no code required.
I am glad to see you post your experiences as no one here believes me that Avis does not DCC you as long as you have opted out in your Avis profile, despite Avis ALWAYS only show you the USD quote on your reservation if you are based in US, regardless where you rent. I always used local currency during the reservation process, and make a screen shot of the page before hitting the RESERVE button - once it goes to the confirmation of reservation, the currency always switches to USD. But there is NO DCC!