FlyerTalk Forums - View Single Post - I wish BA.com would add the option to pay in the currency I want
Old Mar 28, 2018 | 12:39 pm
  #2  
Andriyko
30 Countries Visited
All eyes on you!
20 Years on Site
 
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Kyiv, Ukraine
Programs: Mucci, BA Gold for Life, TK Elite, HHonors Lifetime Diamond
Posts: 8,367
In some countries the law dictates in which currency prices must be advertised and payments taken. And it makes it easier for an airline to take payment in the local currency (or in whatever currency the fares are set for that market) for accounting purposes and for the purposes of calculating change fees, fare differences, refunds etc. If BA were to introduce such a service it would have to be a third party one (for a fee, I would imagine), but banks already provide that service anyway. Even though I myself once or twice needed to pay in a different currency than ba.com wanted me to, I think the demand for such an option is not that high.
Andriyko is offline