Originally Posted by
Happy
Nah. It has nothing to do with the profile. We booked thru Budget without using Fast Track account but in Italy the billing is done by Avis. The RA has Avis Budget Group Italy heading. It is the opposite in Turkey where we booked thru Avis but the billing was done by Budget. I would say it is 100% depending on how helpful the agent is. i.e. willing to go thru the trouble and remove the clause from the system. Though sometimes it still does not work.
Started using the HKD Citi Prestige in Aus for free CDW. Used a Wizard profile but not Preferred, wasn't DCCed. Proactively asked to bill in AUD but agents said no option to force it.
Originally Posted by
Happy
Had that happened in Frankfurt a few years ago but in that particular time, the rate used was the rate at reservation. USD went down A Lot by the time rental happened. We were billed the EXACT amount of USD shown on reservation, resulted to $30+ cheaper bill than if it was billed in Euro then converted to USD on market rate by the bank.
For every one of these corner cases there will be another corner case where the cardholder is double whammied by both a home currency appreciation and being charged the fee.