Originally Posted by
tmiw
I mentioned it a little bit in the EMV thread but Baskin-Robbins may be one of the few places in the US that do DCC based on what I saw on the receipt last time I was there. I don't expect opting out to be difficult, however, since the terminal stays in control of the customer the entire time.
I kinda wish I still had a Revolut card so I could find out, in any case.
There are a number of retailers who do DCC stateside besides the usual suspects of airport duty free shops. We saw it at Forever 21 and Kate Spade two years ago. The terminal, of course, is customer facing, and the cashier didn't seem to have any access to the DCC prompts. I was surprised to see DCC, but it does occur in the US.
Some other instances were at Red Lobster and Olive Garden as well as JC Penney, but I've never used a non-USD card at any of those. Macy's and Nordstrom were also DCC free.
I never had Revolut, so I don't know how it functioned. Would a terminal think the card is denominated in whatever currency was supported? I thought cards have a default currency? Such a card would be useful with places like Global Blue or AirBnB that do multicurrency conversion.
Are Baskin-Robbins terminals all identical? I thought there was wide variance among locations. If they're identical, we could use Mrs. Majuki's one non-USD Visa if it still works (and probably get a call from the bank and in-laws in the process).
